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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:
defe8ea1bfb4a7292968c34d558d94da

SHA-1:
9fef3be8caef77b9165f166e8c0bd89c122e0976

SHA-256:
9220372f13f08791c6c192290e72579938ff474395dcce4266e3eccab888aa6c

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:
2/25/2025 11:51:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.15.3

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)

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 5:29:59 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 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:jZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

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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Entropy:
7.9096

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.dltourspackage.com/c?x=0KEPbBUAVsA1aTokgE6MI4hJKSkkTEOiQUpc0lgzBhY=&c=X2Cldj9PntBW hAbQn6YN32AYLQI77rWQo8kwSqYIfw0YeM8xQKCkZGRlTaXPIfaLk5KhADJlrTeN0tnShyIS MbE7dY8q5oAvNObyrYVYhI58V0mpFn7j9Yvn662lh0&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

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