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firefox_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application firefox_setup.exe by Soft Downloads has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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.

File name:

firefox_setup.exe

Publisher:

Soft Downloads (signed and verified)

MD5:

3b6c62731586b5bf8868bc2a4a1641be

SHA-1:

44ed854647f0312b6b4d682c59c4495989442030

SHA-256:

c45d20fa89b25a2c10686356bfeb0e309700394cd116a5a76b84b99b22c9ad90

Scanner detections:

11 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

4/17/2025 10:59:34 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9

7.11.193.68

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3268

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Installcore-331

0.98/19741

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.7

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.RA potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.186.14254

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dhpyjp

0.28.6.63850

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.SoftDownloads.N

14.12.6.20

Sophos

PUA 'Install Core Click run software'

5.08

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

35418

File size:

781.9 KB (800,688 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\firefox_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Soft Downloads

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

9/14/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/14/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:XiHFTaSsIOSj9eYueoLK6TVFpipUGT0hb+M9:SlGSPOSgdekV3ctU

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:

7.8866

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 URL.

http://download.downloadinfo104.com/download/237/.../?_s=sm8gv3pd2gqkn8m7ft8642cmr96jfakuc5iphf0piv4phq0njpb1-3eebfd91cdedc0bb546d5d64aa5308f2

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