setup.exe

Search Engage

Cro-bit Ltd.

The application setup.exe, “Setup ” by Cro-bit has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from drive.google.com.
Publisher:
BitCro Ltd.   (signed by Cro-bit Ltd.)

Product:
Search Engage

Description:
Setup

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
9c95626f5726bbc8a90b6ad28a93fdd8

SHA-1:
1b846f32f95e7eccc46bd2555796410c5ce2e080

SHA-256:
95b6b7f1016abc5d299631ab4bca4009715057ba33ca6b7878293da651a09f21

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 8:16:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.3.4.8

File size:
2.5 MB (2,583,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
BitCro Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/26/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2019 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cro-bit Ltd., O=Cro-bit Ltd., L=Stobreč, S=Split-Dalmatia county, C=HR

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
12834AB00E5B48DC770EE66B0427D2B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9962

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_jJHJhdZk4paFB0OHhTZnY4aTg

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