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SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application setup.exe by SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadtrunk118.com.
Publisher:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b6b8cb04df9611002d0ef1e55d623153

SHA-1:
206b8950d5178f8f5ad2a6cefcd969e03806e5ee

SHA-256:
3527b9e758eccd4337e8e75a1a58a251df3298fa529ae8969a678da7def8f904

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.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:39:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.SAFEINST.Installer (M)
16.6.9.16

File size:
654.9 KB (670,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/19/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/19/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5591FE91109E0E8E18F34E77C30B1AB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2015 7:10:03 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C/wAfXETz9n2YwyuqlsnBj4W7rtV0nFwrO1jav95fT9bfYEsz91r5Wg0kU6iirfc:PAPg9n2BdBj4W/toFw0q95LtYEsz91d+

Entry address:
0x1B2A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, 8C, 52, 00, 00, 53, E8, 2A, FD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 15, 50, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 04, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 4C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 34, 42, 00, E8, 8C, 40, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 20, 3D, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 73, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 94, 71, 40, 00, 68, 68, 74, 40, 00, 68, 20, 35, 42, 00, E8, 7E, 3F, 00, 00, FF, 15, 00, 71, 40, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadtrunk118.com/download/.../dl?bc=1183685&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=Fwint_Informer_Informer_adsrep300X250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=US&cb=954558582&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=f7q3qvrczv7nkau4ni6rhehsws45jtjp&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1

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