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horizon-setup.exe

Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application horizon-setup.exe by Blueis has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadtrunk107.com.
Publisher:
Blueis  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f0a6a5376851f2946e3b0497706bd3e5

SHA-1:
1ab642f6571cf1896bf6523f87e0796dbd510438

SHA-256:
95177cb355a2d46377e9bcfcbf0fcf1b237d6835607227d4b6d1a4e8b8376614

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
1/14/2025 11:19:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2015.05.03

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAdmin.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:DownloadAdmin-H [PUP]
2014.9-150525

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3099

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.15525

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.27
9.0.1.0145

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.I potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11566

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
5/25/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-e78893a9
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15784

McAfee
Artemis!F0A6A5376851
5600.6755

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.XPACK.dprfbr
0.30.24.1357

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Bundler
15.5.25.6

Sophos
Generic PUA BK
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE115
7.2.145

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE115
10.465.25

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39892

File size:
655.9 KB (671,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\horizon-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blueis

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/7/2014 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/8/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
58AC2B1B2E1E80F003ECEE0F41F4124A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 11:35:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:s4BS2ly9NKPRdegPsgQr/745jezvROTVo80d1WU1ntTxJ10gJ1Tvzn:shhKeiHQr/s1uRCBQWMxDpn

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9733

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file horizon-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadtrunk107.com/download/.../dl?bc=1176738&pid=Horizon&brand=xboxmb.com&country=EU&variation=chwebsite&cb=1978194949&filename=horizon-setup.exe&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1

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