» microsoft silverlight setup.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

microsoft silverlight setup.exe

Installer

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 microsoft silverlight setup.exe, “Installer 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Installer App (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:

Installer

Description:

Installer Setup

MD5:

13d45cef19d7cb5324d8fe98631fb659

SHA-1:

42a3f4d97acca3f59441725c4d64840cf86fd865

SHA-256:

c903233c9f1eacde09547e53b003f424afce99478bfe2f112a3e8759a48c4dc9

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:

12/27/2024 3:19:59 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.10.14.1

File size:

673 KB (689,120 bytes)

Product version:

1.8.6

Internet

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft silverlight setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/16/2016 11:59:59 PM

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:

64F49DD6174034B68EBCA526431D26A7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:E7JpzIhci0lBmATbqR1thLaHiP/UG9IiAOo5mMZ8H5H4m/A6oh18t/:E7JdIp0pTbq/ru6/f9eXSZH4Gm2/

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)

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