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setup.exe

Prime Installer

Forwarddevelop

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Forwarddevelop has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from initiatedownload.com.
Publisher:
Forwarddevelop  (signed and verified)

Product:
Prime Installer

MD5:
ea8975a602cbda882ec5127210b828b7

SHA-1:
443937d173dc9671b862c01d3bf6d69d124c712c

SHA-256:
f2ed3719af1daee42d102a6a19794795f1b5cf903200d775c37912a5a0ee8be8

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/18/2025 2:40:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.02.11

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.A.410
7.11.209.126

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150203-1

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.3201

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BY application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.112
5.13.68

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Forward
v2015.02.11.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Adknowledge
15.2.14.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.7081
2.0.0.2062

File size:
492 KB (503,776 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Forwarddevelop

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/16/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Forwarddevelop, O=Forwarddevelop, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
00CF4A52E31F78F1DB78086EF3AFEDBB55

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3QiG4LV8CU5K9LMlkLK+MBTlPadSfXioRcpMXVJo8:3Qi9M5K9QlkL1MBTlP0QjcpMXVJo8

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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Entropy:
7.4260

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.

http://initiatedownload.com/track/install?adprovider=informer_fwint&source=Informer_Fwint_Desc-300x250-us-display&dlink=http://secure.distapp11.com/o/.../setup.exe

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