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chrome_setup.exe

Generic

Download Nozzle

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, “Generic Setup ” by Download Nozzle 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:

Program Internet (signed by Download Nozzle)

Product:

Generic

Description:

Generic Setup

Version:

2.7.3.7

MD5:

504e8287b92ee04dbb8db0550b9c94d3

SHA-1:

eeed697791714cdbdad65e75240c5e6b876ba08a

SHA-256:

ca8e5cf26e6a38802ff3d523495e4e1df8deb754182a2514f762716af60446fe

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:

11/15/2024 6:04:27 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore.Download.Installer (M)

16.7.9.21

File size:

788.8 KB (807,768 bytes)

Product version:

5.8

Installer Prog

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Nozzle

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

2/26/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/26/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Nozzle, O=Download Nozzle, STREET="1930 Village Center Circle #3-1234", L=Las Vegas, S=NV, PostalCode=89134, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

17673F2BF5E9191670D058AFB6415514

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:WN9Q+aS+yL4N9KhLVY4b2hoCpsNGbQq4rie:W7IpyL4fyL3LCpsNcF4rie

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:

7.8847

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file chrome_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.downloadzonefiles.org/c?x=rp27exn4nOYxDZ2HX5UZEd2D/NYPFObzM0SjRLSRIfE=&c=uVDZzcWZ5ZpVkQvlzlR/nSeoRFho2Vy7hqomIy72KOcgllISaF4BM9XpS2J8hLKnkYOUTHHlcobmBJPSKcx5mA==&downloadAs=Chrome_Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../mc6a8ma

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