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cut the rope provided through adworkmedia network cpa.exe

Alpha Installer

LiveSoftAction

The program utilizes the Appscion Download and Install manager, an adware distribution bundler from SIEN SA. The setup program includes ad-supported toolbars and utilities. The application cut the rope provided through adworkmedia network cpa.exe by LiveSoftAction 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.fastinstallwiz.com.
Publisher:
LiveSoft_Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction)

Product:
Alpha Installer

Version:
9.13.4.1

MD5:
5a821b9e94ab7b8da115d6bd5cae8b38

SHA-1:
b0a47819d7f0cce0eb98e0cc3c539d2fec931224

SHA-256:
6767d947b0393a4f598ab76d1805f3fa9640575aea617b14bf93d3310fb74357

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer that uses the Appscion to bundle adware.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:54:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.8.1.18

File size:
914 KB (935,904 bytes)

Product version:
9.13.4.1

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoft_Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cut the rope provided through adworkmedia network cpa.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/8/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/9/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction, O=LiveSoftAction, STREET="64-66, Mezzanine", STREET=Dionisie Lupu Street, L=Bucharest, S=ROMANIA, PostalCode=010458, C=RO

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

Serial number:
0DB89F49425D87D205160442DA55CE38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 5:23:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:72oSaf5lTlufs3zjVpx1NsOG6/1mfWuBzT02xyJPy0p:72oSaf5lTlufs3PVpx16cpEzTRgJa

Entry address:
0x251600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 58, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E7, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9090

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
816 KB (835,584 bytes)

The file cut the rope provided through adworkmedia network cpa.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.fastinstallwiz.com/api/.../setup.exe

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