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MicroSmarts LLC

The application free-spyware-removal.exe, “Setup Factory 6.0 Setup Launcher” by MicroSmarts has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadnow.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Indigo Rose Corporation http://www.indigorose.com  (signed by MicroSmarts LLC)

Product:
setup

Description:
Setup Factory 6.0 Setup Launcher

Version:
6.0.1.2

MD5:
c08ff69fa3c6d9b0ce0f1a7bc9195611

SHA-1:
d411042f51bf1a0a6b8d9d763799cb4a92661b8a

SHA-256:
380d36a837b146df6083dc7378644946d1f8591cd2d2d8ac2a8b7c0dfb86f421

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:42:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.SpywareBeGone
9.11306

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MicroSmarts
15.3.20.16

File size:
2.5 MB (2,608,000 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.1.2

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001 - 2002 Indigo Rose Corporation

Trademarks:
Setup Factory is a trademark of Indigo Rose Corporation.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
MicroSmarts LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2006 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2007 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=MicroSmarts LLC, OU=Software Division, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=MicroSmarts LLC, L=Olympia Fields, S=Illinois, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0A05FB8C4594C38F227619F664EEE6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2002 12:04:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:/2q4wjFkX+xZuRuYulH2FiGg0O9os59faUojbkAL8r:eTwjauxskYhRYjSxj9L8r

Entry address:
0x2821

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 78, 61, 40, 00, 68, 20, 3B, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 00, 61, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 5C, 89, 40, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 58, 89, 40, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 54, 89, 40, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 50, 89, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, E0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, E6, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 15, FC, 60, 40, 00, A3, 40, 8E, 40, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9491

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

The file free-spyware-removal.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/10/66/55/.../free-spyware-removal.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/66/55/.../free-spyware-removal.exe

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