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The application setup.exe, “Generic Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 az803028.vo.msecnd.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Software

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

MD5:
b0ab399c42e7fab7b08c55f5771f8b6d

SHA-1:
2c2e9ba73a634f8144a20ace192caa818d9bf7bf

SHA-256:
6e3fb398eaa16c5e7ca76a739b38f6e99dfaa957df9591d8023d0d182168b67e

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
12/27/2024 4:58:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.10.04.04

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
9590

File size:
506.4 KB (518,551 bytes)

Product version:
4.2

Copyright:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CcFG6PiecUK+LOnmnt+MBTlPadSfXioRcpMXVJoT:CcFrPbcUNLOnmEMBTlP0QjcpMXVJoT

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://az803028.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az804426.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az803029.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az804427.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az803221.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az804428.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az803324.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

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