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etypesetup.exe

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The application etypesetup.exe, “Powered by BetterInstaller” by DSNR has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Somoto BetterInstaller installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from newversion.etype.com.
Publisher:
eType  (signed by DSNR)

Product:
eType

Description:
Powered by BetterInstaller

Version:
1.2.0.0

MD5:
c515cda0cbc60f7fbeceb05741a03a75

SHA-1:
7a9601ea02f8dbad069b9e78dd78f2c00fba44c5

SHA-256:
48feacf7da91993fbbd85e66bcfe0a2da24580264ed33cb2b9f1648b19f9b39a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 '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:
11/24/2024 2:41:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DSNR (M)
17.1.23.14

File size:
137.6 KB (140,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DSNR

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/12/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DSNR, OU=DSNR labs, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=DSNR, L=Raanana, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
7ABEF8DB40CF3009880C8181B134DEDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 6:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6834

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://newversion.etype.com/.../etypesetup.exe

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