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chromesetup.exe

The application chromesetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.google.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
ebb4372d64a33d6778bff953e5ebbb69

SHA-1:
c8a4c21bf31d087c7d1ef15f55e84d81a85ed89b

SHA-256:
297ec2f5960b6bea57c0d330a90b4a1b22b570d41f537e3022c54e2554430f09

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:47:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Downloader.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.11.16

File size:
592 KB (606,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chromesetup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/30/2016 12:27:10 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QHbWHu1ZqBc2YWm+sZBqYocwCH3IvDzJx8OSqAxqu:QrqBiWmLZBs62DzJx5SHqu

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, E4, EC, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 13, 5F, AC, 93, F6, DA, 0E, 49, B8, 88, 70, B9, 7F, 02, E4, D4, E7, A3, 09, EC, C0, 98, A1, 5C, B1, A8, F6, E3, C3, 31, 09, CF, 1F, C1, 4E, AB, B4, 5C, ED, 5C, 9F, 7F, 67, 31, 46, 42, 2A, F2, AE, C0, 51, E7, 04, 3B, B8, 82, D5, 97, 37, 7C, 93, 78, 0D, 1B, 57, 90, E9, A5, 95, D9, 44, 96, 60, DD, 40, F4, C1, F9, 67, 8C, 66, A6, EB, 35, FD, 1D, 17, 29, D6, 74, 16, EA, 22...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,522,688 bytes)

The file chromesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://dl.google.com/tag/s/appguid={8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}&iid={770880B6-32F3-79D3-18AE-504835BA0802}&lang=pt-BR&browser=4&usagestats=0&appname=Google Chrome&needsadmin=prefers&installdataindex=defaultbrowser/update2/.../ChromeSetup.exe

http://is.gd/FQd37b

http://dc584.4shared.com/.../-doxz2cjba?lgfp=3000&dsid=fvsps8.3a50093d2b4897fe0f68d90bc75a6f1d&sbsr=2c39ee62393305cf54712be4ef936a3a96c&usbsr=03de2cbf318aedccb6c4fbb7cff27d6d96c

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