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firefox setup.exe

Beni

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application firefox setup.exe, “Beni Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
61f9f13f70111ffeee16bbba97e51ea7

SHA-1:
5aeb13084c208a80154bc8d944f17ead7bd64a3d

SHA-256:
72b0672a020fec92d97f54cefbd75e48482c631a601aed18aca48c0a31ba9239

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 4:28:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.26.13

File size:
1007.6 KB (1,031,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\firefox setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:omC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:of3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9110

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file firefox setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=uqhNHqxWgoK4ur4m9CY2K1JGYnSpsm8Il9TCyC106LQ=&c=O 9pkeLG4GxnrweL3iWfWKYtceqvvOYjdxSEd8eLA2WhDELRkzPvMA6UK18TSiIXdTTldfAANJFPTvlGo/165a5e/CpVzQ5NkngnBmqHbq0IxWmxX1mCw7omskJHtWRQ&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=whZgLzfNZ23PCEDL3yQaAWFtZSwa4urusUS2XLbGK7E=&c=a tlMFpQPjQDttUg0DsR8HwSk2p82TU89RPkAqnoRDhHl/14GaCpDGdbhs7SftaJr 7v8WAs/aqfl U2SkYc7ugMDsiMM4cubB/NtDrsIdZFf856tQbwd/PiFGchd3vV&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=IVNtHtSQi PlWPdBmBiMIY96u/CJxTcBqpFVFqP8E1c=&c=ljLRHGP/ph6BX1xJtt99q8y/sIq3ul6Y9I2YA3p8z/DtMYO0HyYk4RVNzczRKXfZhSzHUO0o1Dpfx3ij/y2kBRwJI4MlD7sna5wQWQDk0aRS3KHKV/wgmbMRhh0C0cB &downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=cTGxlxDN CHOgqm4 ptZNLlcBqAF/ V5f0TDT3ydHu4=&c=YuqPx FxXPwrq/5uTpKq3CrShfBraokCu6 to4VOWQWq9RtQHyGRmq7rUjHTSVgquJyDOJFCXoEL4iP 6eOY48jk61fbSE4dRA6c zEnUIyXMhjY17MxlDbEDu pAm22&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

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