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The application setup.exe, “Generic App Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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 d1zm8b13bwhzna.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Application web

Product:
Generic App

Description:
Generic App Setup

MD5:
3d477d21ce825fa5fe9363904a44fbb9

SHA-1:
31f17fa62f4a5bbba3efd7e16852853a0e401e65

SHA-256:
0e57ea3afa872b729898d2456b99198d98a46abc76d3a00b20c842444b8fe9c7

Scanner detections:
8 / 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.

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:
11/14/2024 9:01:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACQ.gen potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12296

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/11/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.210.17341

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.1295

McAfee
RDN/Generic.hra
5600.6616

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.10.10.22

Sophos
Generic PUA DB (PUA)
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
44070

File size:
506.4 KB (518,518 bytes)

Product version:
5.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using 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:Cg0G3Czojml/RwVVyU0o3mSK9fuuK+MBTlPadSfXioRcpMXVJoT:Cg0+Cpl0Alo2SK9WyMBTlP0QjcpMXVJ8

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 3 URLs.

http://d1zm8b13bwhzna.cloudfront.net/.../setup.exe

http://az802308.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://az804736.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

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