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setup.exe

Western Web Applications, LLC

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Western Web Applications has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
Western Web Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
86f372127f7dab8895859f2e203bb5c4

SHA-1:
3d6df93aa03f912843ea9aba3946fdc8171e210e

SHA-256:
bf37cfa9f35a6d622773861ff17a222fc4b6e868a287c188bb0f3377fc146272

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:28:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
2014.9-150324

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.36
9.0.1.083

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExFriendAlert.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/OpenCandy.A2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ExFriendAlert
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15359

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SafeMonitor.A
v2015.03.24.07

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Plugin.cummme
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Injekt
15.3.24.6

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.15322

Sophos
PUA 'OpenCandy'
5.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784449
38552

File size:
1.8 MB (1,873,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Western Web Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/24/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Western Web Applications, LLC", O="Western Web Applications, LLC", STREET=640 E Grand Ave, STREET=Suite 129, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2A1B337726D509D16C17362E2E625DE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 10:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:IZNA1pMo3L6T+qyhnoJrvaN8dalcM4OwpnlrEiFQT:8OL6qqyqZvaN8dkcvdllrEiE

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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Entropy:
7.9852

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://dl.safemonitorapp.com/SafeMonitor/590/.../Setup.exe

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