setup.exe

HD Player

Installer Setup

This is part of the Air Installer, a 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 Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2131.com.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
HD Player

Version:
3.0.0.91

MD5:
1c677d2e6b4d685b20b0d2c8e0b73076

SHA-1:
1fceaa5d38b71f0ba6edaebee2c4a00524a1ba07

SHA-256:
f304bc0ddd3c7d5eece2aa9104fc8ee5b7003694b2efd5e04cdb9300491ca709

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 10:25:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2015.04.14

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150418

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.EQH
2014.0.4311

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.10709
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11467

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2015.04.18.02

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.10.952

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Air Software.Bundler
15.4.17.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Malware-Cryptor.FSP.gen
3.12.26.3

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,032 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.91

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/23/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
188C75106A329415713A40BD52985D5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TxGWozu3xBY1kYgiqekWNT9gV5L7vvU7IQHnYHjggQk2fjE:MvuhWqK/t9I5LzU7IxQZfjE

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9406

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,038 bytes)

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

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