google chrome setup.exe

Ladah

Superb Alpha (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application google chrome setup.exe, “Ladah Setup ” by Superb Alpha (Fried Cookie) 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. 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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Superb Alpha (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ladah

Description:
Ladah Setup

Version:
5.1.3.1

MD5:
81e9f4ebdf0ba15fdba525c8d67276ef

SHA-1:
0df2cb4746b69ede6a0c54353d68cf06cb89ad17

SHA-256:
71cba1ef6b3a99a655d94028c3b764864462c08397c3db11e8f43d24276e709d

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
11/28/2024 6:52:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.18.12

File size:
1.1 MB (1,113,480 bytes)

Product version:
5.7

Copyright:
Web Lite Program

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}\google chrome setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 5:30:57 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2016 8:18:43 PM

Subject:
CN=Superb Alpha (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Superb Alpha (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11217F30BAAF40AF8D13BE6DB4153600593E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:LL0BH/iwl6SeF+TJusDI0NPFJ/cj3hxO/QM:LQdiwllTQsDfPF1O3hxmP

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:
7.8771

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file google chrome setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 25 URLs.

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