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itunes setup.exe

Bage

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, “Bage 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:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
d0b8f18f19bcae14e6f5f45a7869920e

SHA-1:
8aab9d4fa648b4cc56ac965c16ef503875b01034

SHA-256:
ff922396413c173934553fe57d1b3bbc016dd4b0239be1767f50d0e222f09aaf

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:
11/1/2024 12:42:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.11.3

File size:
1013.4 KB (1,037,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{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:gqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:gZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
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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 2 URLs.

http://www.towngiftchuckle.com/c?x=8T sz0ZOJ5OHfOER6oIwiKFY3U6L3pixhjLKh3 IVrQ=&c=MJ38R267NFL/X i3FuyDSjMc4pIwCEYMFXZ0miGnZtL3xieKq4eaajkQoLwFT8I4rMQwoxqbAaEj3yiMsz9e5zKLOwZ77I5UrUeTJtil/.../1z&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

http://www.cyclecitytown.com/.../AwABhSv8kaHD6UutCUoTqhTNgSSK7 eU4jVMbMrDjOQjGX4WjecE44Ju&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

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