setup.exe

Premium Installer

The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-instantly.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
1.3.7.2

MD5:
ebf851f6c6536557536aac2563bdf90c

SHA-1:
1fd65ef76c8af45c1f241a5afe9664fcfe3a1f8a

SHA-256:
4ede826996f407bdc1e3276290b16713ced85cacb6c8f622380140ee74794b7e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
12/25/2024 4:46:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OptimumInstaller.Bundler (M)
16.7.28.17

File size:
215 KB (220,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.7.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2014 10:13:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Pnd9i/2pT0bT3GJJiEnJqQNKDCFVo6O9muc7JKWPZ56npe1:PndE/yT0PqnJbbhO0ugP+npe1

Entry address:
0xE1FB

Entry point:
E8, CC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, A4, 82, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, 80, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Code size:
156 KB (159,744 bytes)

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