chromesetup.exe

My Program

MY IWEB

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chromesetup.exe, “My Program Setup ” by MY IWEB 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:
MY IWEB  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
6ffc10b3653592fcb5390a81b6c9c137

SHA-1:
fc30bbda38643d3436c7b9e983ef71f16c5e61f5

SHA-256:
12c4a8d8015b52a8a355d82dd73c0b606ee78f53cd59f8a9405533bf0d007e32

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:
11/27/2024 6:45:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.MYIWEB.Installer (M)
16.4.3.16

File size:
756.4 KB (774,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=MY IWEB, O=MY IWEB, STREET="19 RUE DE RUSSIE, IMMEUBLE EL JAZIRA, BLOC B 1ER ETAGE", L=TUNIS, S=TUNISIA, PostalCode=1000, C=TN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
384CF7051B71349D74BB649C0C1706C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:A3vpmoPkQcDPUBOZL9PwZ1iMr5dUaEQyb6rmqVUkCNP2idhJWBMHjeRBxXxbD/bM:A3vc/QcDcQZL9Py1iMr5Dny2rmqVLCRh

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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