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firefox setup.exe

Bage

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, “Bage 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:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
2d98c3a028d93c194a725a5bcc6cd42d

SHA-1:
6785a74a17e99641e10cd85aa62e97d6edf43833

SHA-256:
93bdcc5bc28da484c631f43ad393af606e3c41c51e96df2f5a4559923c178d11

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:
11/30/2024 11:55:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.14.1

File size:
1013.4 KB (1,037,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{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:LqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:LZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

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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Entropy:
7.9096

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file firefox setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.metapresenttours.com/c?x=nPKhfZRlTolCZQmJf0BhBM1aSmGCHDFtii05zRlEj Y=&c= msGpYu6v SzxjkWMywzEJnRXzv OXJg8Q8SXNt7LxCw5iqNaohBxxE42ERpFHsgPmZG7XNVPM8 i2owgcC/ZXxQfD2BgRfHNl9qvNHimOFdozr2j2 v oZ29fstUBAy&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

http://www.metapresenttours.com/c?x=HrrJ/P7fhL0Pyp/EDmQmhHrHzZNoFr2DxVidv1b5Ct0=&c=m1jz50cjdFa1UXVNKBe4XcEOSM9LkI0r5 yjw8QTmnfMoovLCInET4U5LbbcaW2Ph/AvUQSZ fHwWdyJkPfipSjdcxEBIZLLmv6lLfoehI7DOqIDn0eE5X/PKeamdhh5&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

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