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setup.exe

Sail Machine

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Sail Machine 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 www.drivertuner.com.
Publisher:
Sail Machine  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6d24399479e83852b4f7e387f59ae50c

SHA-1:
3b9a093e6dffaf22723a71763b56c6208785231e

SHA-256:
41e3efa8cdd5bdc5c8f631daf04149188d45f5e12226e20279a24990868b8b59

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 '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:
11/2/2024 7:19:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.7.19.0

File size:
91.2 KB (93,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sail Machine

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/18/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2016 12:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sail Machine, O=Sail Machine, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=MO, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
154B9B31F2A8A6600A6A48ABEE07D149

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2016 10:19:02 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:rTdm9B9lYypfMXxugHQ0DbLiNuMZhPgrAbMkqq/jigGUx:r4lLpkXcED3iNuMLP7Q0GUx

Entry address:
0x32A0

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 5F, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, A2, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 4F, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, B8, 82, 40, 00, 56, E8, C9, 30, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 5C, 81, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 80, 3E, 00, 75, EA, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 21, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 1A, 31, 00, 00, A3, E4, 4E, 43, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82...
 
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Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

http://www.drivertuner.com/.../download2.php

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