emulesetup.exe

appbundler.com

This is a component for the Pinball ad-supported platform which may deliver advertisemenst to the web browser in the form of banner and text ads. The application emulesetup.exe by appbundler.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from origin-ics.fivemillionfriends.com.
Publisher:
appbundler.com  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup

Version:
3.0.54.0

MD5:
80115e6c3dfed945f34f9c255acc0eac

SHA-1:
7546a1cf10a6b096e6a954985bac5145967fba2c

SHA-256:
ae5abd6458e9d6e8223ce38b6bedde5d8acb4c1324cb9594875cc7b57cbcbd34

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.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 5:14:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Pinball.appbundler.Installer (M)
15.10.30.6

File size:
308.2 KB (315,568 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.54.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/21/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=appbundler.com, OU=Ops, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=appbundler.com, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
05E671753CF9BB1D76A8C55652892720

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/20/2012 10:37:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:M+MI9IlUFh5dw5Lk+o8JRYN0blhR4Xkt4F5ybmdhjHDVkl8RGet++f4RmW:nMI9SUFv65Lto8JRYeb2X24X8mdhjjV+

Entry address:
0xB4C90

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 46, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, F9, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8896

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
296 KB (303,104 bytes)

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

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