setup.exe

Bundlore Ltd

This is the Bundlore download manager 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 Bundlore 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 Bundlore Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloadcocky.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
72c213a3f6c034449aaea98f7526da53

SHA-1:
1fc0fd6388c8afbf3f66e19f6a594bc0231181a2

SHA-256:
cec1b1c95efccc48a0bdb1ae73cf020b6bdbc6babc09f2c09fd12bdc31022f25

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:
2/25/2025 3:28:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore (M)
16.8.2.17

File size:
330.7 KB (338,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Ltd, O=Bundlore Ltd, STREET=Ahad AhAm 21, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6515103, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2B4EA37F3705B7372B8ACBBA6F2CB424

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2014 5:40:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:JcHjX3qQzrq1WLbii5bkgVuN+xSKV7Wkrsf7LsGecdbRQpccZ0:JcDKQzrq8XikbkgaISKVgdFaX0

Entry address:
0x3ED6

Entry point:
E8, F1, 45, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 00, 8E, 41, 00, E8, E4, 1E, 00, 00, E8, C2, 47, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 84, 45, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 43, 3D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8528

Code size:
72 KB (73,728 bytes)

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

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