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chrome-setup.exe

Sanflex

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application chrome-setup.exe by Sanflex has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Sanflex  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b7a58596d929422887a794f2c63c2fe4

SHA-1:
3b52f742af91793645db7d1c3745f01c00d32db8

SHA-256:
4e2b1e94845d7e170308c6b1c5549513bca7b8405088bf33b231053611affe58

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 5:42:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2015.01.20

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3224

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Downloadadmin
0.98/19951

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.ANGL
20777

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin (variant)
9.11041

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
5.13.68

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14691

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2015.01.20.03

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.djahkt
0.30.0.64448

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Bundler
15.5.3.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
36694

File size:
823.2 KB (843,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sanflex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/21/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sanflex, O=Sanflex, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
42D7699269B5BB95341F5DA022F6E57D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 12:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8SU3A:Np9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5GA

Entry address:
0x3345

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2E, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4908

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file chrome-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.securedownload01.com/dl?bc=1134848&source=72&c=Chrome&geo

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