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setup.exe

VLC Installer

INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

This installer routine uses the Babylon network to include bundled offers of potentially unwanted programs (mostly search adware) such as toolbars and browser extensions. The application setup.exe by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from trusted-update.info.
Publisher:
NNG  (signed by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.)

Product:
VLC Installer

Description:
Applcation

Version:
1.20.1.1

MD5:
ee8650d252046cd3b9be9a9adecbd6e0

SHA-1:
2fa39f2b41fe219451b59108ab8ce6331f6e4599

SHA-256:
b8897900f567ed0751c8ae97fe6bdb7e0b1bfa4568f404f17a659735d6c6c843

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:36:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.INSTALLERTECHNOLOGYCO.Installer (M)
16.1.13.21

File size:
170.5 KB (174,584 bytes)

Copyright:
Author © 2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\launcher\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/6/2012 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., L=Miami, S=Florida, 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:
60CCE00F103A5A6CAADCA436795FA565

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 7:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:kgXdZt9P6D3XJ745UKOV/xCueNgc1Wa2jUudMmk/6Yzp5h/REtdsXKAQdMJXfTQi:ke34tCgbl42j/d8/6+p5hpEtEKQJSRUD

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://trusted-update.info/.../setup.exe

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