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itunes setup.exe

Hoto

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 itunes setup.exe, “Hoto 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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Dadebo   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Hoto

Description:
Hoto Setup

Version:
2.8.4.7

MD5:
53cb9230bd2226e163e91f3a41aa5c99

SHA-1:
63bf3abb5f6c8ea15a9321dbfced63e06651e3d6

SHA-256:
8ae36459db4bbe7e6cd156d00e1f062914c8bdae0e64e0fe235f53f9abf883aa

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:
11/23/2024 10:30:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.4.3.20

File size:
1019.6 KB (1,044,080 bytes)

Product version:
5.3.3

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:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 1:59:59 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 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ukBsNRYFVgYLNg7wMVwjy76tYrf4E5PeJaU14WrrwvmO:uHrQgYeVNgQ4CW1420B

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file itunes setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/.../Z0CpvrSXSAjknNe8ZUq5ivQg0kXq2pynHK8mOlJI7 qlYoSoEBejJVTK7sIx3OfdsWH6fWvNS49U&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=ey1fdhNLLbqa5g TFkhhI36b1jlSt1fq/.../qMFqTsGZxMzwYUs3u5D8bml&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

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