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Soft Installer

Setup Quality (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 itunes setup.exe, “Soft Installer Setup ” by Setup Quality (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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Soft Installer

Description:
Soft Installer Setup

Version:
2.3.4.7

MD5:
6ca469a7733d140d710d9ad596238c0d

SHA-1:
2501f41110eef12cf0507ef099b38b97c117ae3c

SHA-256:
beeb543707dfd26c00aeedb4a80aff5cf960faeadfaf7455980b8b3f3d878c23

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:
11/29/2024 3:38:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.FC (M)
16.12.12.7

File size:
932.8 KB (955,168 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

Copyright:
Web Lite

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\itunes setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 3:23:08 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 4:32:29 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121734671448CB8540659135FEB5A8E8573

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.dlcurrentdownloads.com/c?x=nZR8jm8RYH9Gbr7JOVpVI dlXM14uYyXR jkQPQ7yo4=&c=I4hxZD8pRcRnXd2wWkqqtKxshaHbXw/.../QbIveHcql8W4b6f0qBCQww==&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

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