setup.exe

Application Installer

Delivery Beta (Alpha Criteria Ltd)

The application setup.exe, “Application Installer Setup ” by Delivery Beta (Alpha Criteria) has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. 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 az801920.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Soft   (signed by Delivery Beta (Alpha Criteria Ltd))

Product:
Application Installer

Description:
Application Installer Setup

Version:
1.7.4.7

MD5:
553c810459164bdefc31c660e75bc89a

SHA-1:
307f9e6e8ad9bc8177b7c317b92b6e38ffc3bd12

SHA-256:
56297fa50cc4e509cb2c4c0e87f3b01dbddfed42fed7c2853eeedce07dbe4835

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
11/24/2024 8:02:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.1291
9.0.1.0311

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12325

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
15.11.7.17

File size:
510.6 KB (522,848 bytes)

Product version:
2.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/27/2015 3:22:54 PM

Valid to:
7/27/2016 3:22:54 PM

Subject:
CN=Delivery Beta (Alpha Criteria Ltd), O=Delivery Beta (Alpha Criteria Ltd), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C2EDF4EDBD11D6CEE6889946068B8F7A

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):
6144:P/qMQP/xbtYeWN+lpb2ey4bE2UNv4Zyg4Bcfb/PFNSI5jo49UY94UqTpZ5a6U8ik:nqMG/ANYpbxPEu74BcDPNRl7q3C8pJtD

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 URL.

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