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Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Statscom 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Swift Smooth Setup  (signed by Statscom)

Product:
Swift Smooth Setup

Version:
71.6.1.6630

MD5:
4485715fc8f4bb4e65619af6aa28ee02

SHA-1:
0debbdf5ee1326aa23538bb3675b4216a5ec04ef

SHA-256:
63d143538910ac40ccb573a7c8a4cdb59b6dbb9e914d89fc8ff5c93f3e2b5f99

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 10:34:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.2.4.10

File size:
866.9 KB (887,672 bytes)

Product version:
71.6.1.6630

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Statscom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2015 7:36:38 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 7:36:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00A7546255E5A1349D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2014 9:59:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1683

Entry point:
E8, F8, C1, 00, 00, E9, FA, BA, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, 6C, 24, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, ED, 76, 69, 53, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 1C, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 8A, 04, 1F, 0F, B6, C8, 80, B9, 68, 4A, 41, 00, 00, 75, 1E, 8D, 96, 0C, 02, 00, 00, 39, 16, 72, 09, 56, E8, 71, 40, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 8B, 06, 8A, 0C, 1F, 88, 08, FF, 06, EB, 0A, 56, 50, E8, 0C, 20, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 47, 3B, FD, 72, C4, 85, ED, 76, 0E, 68, 9C, FF, 40, 00, 56, E8, A5, 40, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 5E, 5B, 5F, 33, C0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9694  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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