google chrome setup.exe

Beni

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, “Beni 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 Google's Chrome 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:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
885ed61bc9a23c2da473453fa6f3a86b

SHA-1:
f924307e18e61d5d7202260480d9f7025a9b4a3d

SHA-256:
cfb0177ead9f76ec018dec02b84a64ce78981bd136895ed23939304abff1c8d9

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:
11/27/2024 4:45:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.25.9

File size:
1007.6 KB (1,031,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\google chrome setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2017 4:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vmC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:vf3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9110

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file google chrome setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 42 URLs.

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=ZVut4vYoKfKAGQ0KWgnpil 9zs5xO/KVf/kqCxMSXwo=&c= s3rHIxOtfITdC0GETxAhoq6pR6P8BCbY4h3LyQanSoOchsQ/nqIyQjkETF8xiRJ2Hx hT2amLYI71gEHS DDlj7VUDBXbXeJLFuhSUvbPLwbW8Wt8IvMGT/sQzeDtrm&downloadAs=Google Chrome Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../index.php

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=7fUKvl3AlIXiHK4 T91FngCbuHuSHPv9qTD5JNKeO78=&c=Za9h OUXzbqK6erLusnau/VXRuTgDyIojAFLAZJySzSZUHEZhCxLPvKhVDy3w5rczJ7GXpAgi44Qjn8Ek6mBnmO/e5CmkotQpLt2DVK1 QtY3S GdZVWLi8GWiAb42FR&downloadAs=Google Chrome Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../index.php

Latest 30 of 42 download URLs

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