google chrome 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 google chrome 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
72549609cde7b1c553d956ed677f99af

SHA-1:
5e5fe7184c9c109377b7028979844718402bc2db

SHA-256:
2afcdd3a42c8e806cd60b405eb1423f0be7cdbf183e2fb28911194bed1933964

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/1/2024 8:31:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.9.15

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}\google chrome setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 5:29:59 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 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:FZWZGz5+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 google chrome setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

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http://www.towerbundlesmeta.com/c?x=4QrPirT/hn8uLJ9DzhWCuys8A24FratcjvW9yKWAUME=&c=207YNX1C5lyZzZStZA1FlFEUqBYTAdK8 j/fr2E rTfrdTiTEdlKlHjKDl9Aki0L3S3ab0bAHQkw1WIcwsXVAAhVnuuRY8T8jt zfwLZJFxzEHJxA97iIjuHLVLYuM1M&downloadAs=Google Chrome Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../index.php

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http://www.cyclecitytown.com/c?x=b1DfWtA47qBTr0tQKpM9rwzVKJ40VSOcXZvYXteXqA0=&c=/b0/WgrLvdFu2bUH 1ieHD0S6ane4rsq/NJLXkTQ5H5NN5DnJXMPKwIlDRYHOsBjSyNY/JYDV47r8Ae5ex4zTUYj1LdS0EEbU Tu0kSBNN1D7MQqEUowuM37WugfsFYx&downloadAs=Google Chrome Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../index.php

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