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kobosetup.exe

Kobo Inc.

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is installed with Kobo. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.kobobooks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Kobo Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7b1896722060c7e0808395f62ecdd7b7

SHA-1:
b51df9267795fd31c140ac835dcde412c4ad325f

SHA-256:
9c342b779877ea486ab5c3631fce266432204c90c05a2b22216b4f983f0603c9

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
1/10/2025 1:24:20 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
44.1 MB (46,264,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\kobosetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Kobo Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/23/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Kobo Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Kobo Inc., L=Toronto, S=Ontario, C=CA

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:
6F20753F7F03E04391D614860DF123B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:w8C6aC45lDTNptc7ksNCr9mt60Swl21lNOSBrPNSQNIDkkPWQNjaCaMd4voW:wwx4rhcNNCr9mt6g4R1SYLBS4voW

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9992

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file kobosetup.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Kobo  by Kobo Inc.
Publisher's description - “The Kobo app lets you access over 3 million books. You can even choose from over 1 million free classics. Download our FREE app and access your eBooks from your Kobo account. Read everything from the hottest new releases to popular classics.”
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The file kobosetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://download.kobobooks.com/desktop/.../kobosetup.exe

https://kbdownload1-a.akamaihd.net/desktop/.../kobosetup.exe

http://download.kobobooks.com/desktop/.../KoboSetup.exe

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