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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application office_setup.exe, “Express Install ” by INSTALL DOT EXE 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.fusioninstall.com.
Publisher:
Express Install   (signed by INSTALL DOT EXE)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
d17799deacff283d7c83a0fb5ea88779

SHA-1:
33bd6f74528dc8d21d4731d6dc484d63f25461f2

SHA-256:
b9e79e3de87547238d20d759a27083a50389be4d78a620ee9ed31f94ffd92d30

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
12/25/2024 2:06:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.7.21.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,663,784 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALL DOT EXE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL DOT EXE, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL DOT EXE, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

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:
4C8303B332693FCF64E1E7DFD7841493

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2014 11:10:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hEm5xov6t8YDzTn+s3+a5JQ1+x5jf6q/zPveHkry9iveHory9YER1sMviWTdbmDs:hEm5xKINPd3+a5JQ85/jEU1W1BGBdYr

Entry address:
0x36105

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, D0, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, 02, 59, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, B4, EE, 58, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.0955

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

The file office_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://install.fusioninstall.com/o/.../Office_Setup.exe

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