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setup.exe

HD Player

Install Manager

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Install Manager 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.pcfreefiles.com.
Publisher:
Install Manager  (signed and verified)

Product:
HD Player

Version:
2.0.59.0

MD5:
b94ee0136fa2854fe504040025083284

SHA-1:
2c50256a9292742f4052d1fb66a879c5b5144c15

SHA-256:
5d2be15c026ccb476fdfe1126f1599ea9fa0b0ba6cf303d7860ada95dfde1fb8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
1/13/2025 4:02:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.InstallM.Installer (M)
16.3.9.17

File size:
2.6 MB (2,740,120 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.59.0

Copyright:
(c) Install Manager

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Manager

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
8/6/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Manager, O=Install Manager, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
06C0BBB90999729C33560EC18A203261

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 1:57:48 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:PwQSxcNgS29CJiWNoZsXfitgmqYlGhHdAfwb6TqyJQV+0XMiEN/xnjMRNr4jOnHc:PwBvD9CJiWgsPdmllGhHCfwb6T2MVN/J

Entry address:
0x18ACB0

Entry point:
E8, B3, 99, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, C0, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 3A, 9A, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 82, 2E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, A8, 9C, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 64, 2E, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6C, 1E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 10, 85, C9, 74, 1B, 8B, 45, 0C, 0F, B7, D0, 8B, C2...
 
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Entropy:
6.6157

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,869,824 bytes)

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

http://download.pcfreefiles.com/get/click/.../?uid=Z3dXVpZD1mMzUwMjdmZi0xN2Q4LTRiMDktYjFkYi0yNDkyZTI1NTc3YmI&sid=XX&filename=setup

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