» chrome_setup.exe
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Analysis
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chrome_setup.exe

Software generic

Download Clever

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chrome_setup.exe, “Software generic Setup ” by Download Clever has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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.

File name:

chrome_setup.exe

Publisher:

Web (signed by Download Clever)

Product:

Software generic

Description:

Software generic Setup

Version:

3.0.3.3

MD5:

b833fc558a8802bd1ce5e50cffb54be9

SHA-1:

aa6f5c75617f8c3ed3c574b37ea5588f2d675013

SHA-256:

717b5ddb620c39013eb960f6c05851a4822e564c0f96920b534ae8f8c81ad475

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:

12/25/2024 5:41:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.1.5.11

File size:

761.2 KB (779,504 bytes)

Product version:

2.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Clever

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

2/2/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/2/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Clever, O=Download Clever, STREET="500 Westover Dr. #6502", L=Sanford, S=NC, PostalCode=27330, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

48A953CDE52F438F756EE99DFE7211AE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.8849

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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