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chromesetup.exe

Application program

Insane Entertainment, LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chromesetup.exe, “Application program Setup ” by Insane Entertainment 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.
Publisher:
Generic   (signed by Insane Entertainment, LLC)

Product:
Application program

Description:
Application program Setup

MD5:
37545878b9fb5dbf8c6faa552cb9d4e6

SHA-1:
898438e0a84dc5d4f3b3c33f2e929fc08ab527d5

SHA-256:
7c5e1a649868cf0d6a4b70faf489e84af61bc1751736ed9dfcb7fe42eae383e0

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:
12/24/2024 4:52:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.InsaneEn.Installer (M)
16.6.16.10

File size:
984.7 KB (1,008,328 bytes)

Product version:
4.6

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}\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Insane Entertainment, LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/12/2015 5:00:51 PM

Valid to:
11/12/2016 5:00:51 PM

Subject:
E=ido.chernobroda@ironsrc.com, CN="Insane Entertainment, LLC", O="Insane Entertainment, LLC", S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E1C7AB30E292D5352CB1E51A0E0020AA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SqvK82fhBxqd1ckLTNqK6fQ/Q0Y85Cp53TOYQ:SqydJBx21DLxzJH9EJq

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:
7.9220

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.dlcleanlaboratory.com/c?x=0rvcQYdSulK7EnvngysMf9uY4vFTm1dVw0m4eaMQzPw=&c=CCyoYqbJv4f4UmrgVlVGluw8ab5WN3muo0MaBKzjs0BDLyyrdcW9LOVg5mOu/JB3O8VtQhixkXMnfT2KW 6cT7q/hqj/H f23sQWFetsysqBpX3OKvvNRkVbfhrAsWlDeo2F 96o9JLscfA/HcvO Q==&downloadAs=ChromeSetup.exe&fallback_url=https://dl.google.com/tag/s/appguid={8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}&iid={03D8758B-438E-75A4-BF4E-B8CCF1071BBF}&lang=en-GB&browser=3&usagestats=0&appname=Google Chrome&needsadmin=prefers/update2/.../ChromeSetup.exe

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