horizon-setup.exe

TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application horizon-setup.exe by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.download23.info.
Publisher:
Super Click Media  (signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE)

Product:
Super Click Media

Version:
20.5.0.143

MD5:
04568c73938180dd161e03d08f25a459

SHA-1:
464b2d6b35398485acc700678bf09f7bde9c2d9a

SHA-256:
5528a53f683e0319792375aeb0e6d8d31a7ce60feca37108e5ecf4e7045f5274

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:
11/30/2024 10:18:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
17.3.15.11

File size:
874 KB (895,008 bytes)

Product version:
20.5.0.143

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\horizon-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, 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:
2A889382754355CE927EAE3A2EA732CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/1/2015 1:21:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3973

Entry point:
E8, E8, A4, 00, 00, E9, 07, 9D, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 53, 55, 56, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 14, 33, F6, 85, FF, 7E, 27, 8B, 5C, 24, 18, 8B, 2D, 6C, F0, 40, 00, EB, 06, 8D, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, 08, 36, 41, 00, 8B, 0C, B3, 50, 51, FF, D5, 85, C0, 74, 3D, 46, 3B, F7, 7C, EB, 8B, 15, C0, 35, 41, 00, A1, 78, 37, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 48, 37, 41, 00, 52, 50, 51, 8D, 54, 24, 20, 52, C7, 44, 24, 24, FF, FF, FF, FF, E8, F5, 1D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 85, C0, 75, 0B, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 50, FF, 15, 18, F1, 40, 00, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, C3, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.9675  (probably packed)

Code size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

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

http://files4.download23.info/dl-pure/1176738/.../?bc=1176738&checksum=185936999&filename=horizon-setup.exe&cb=174303567&executable=1197349

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