setup.exe

Downloadious

The application setup.exe by Downloadious 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from fuggupdates100.com.
Publisher:
Downloadious  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a744f989d1307f5f8eb73a7d6bc4518b

SHA-1:
49461046c1cbc4e28673b9dd35592fe101a270ed

SHA-256:
fb967860f00cd30009b708ad6d6b80811a9b8b235fe882b2f42c0f6f9c48e0ac

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 7:30:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloadius.Installer (M)
16.5.31.21

File size:
476.3 KB (487,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2015 9:35:38 AM

Valid to:
10/18/2015 4:14:29 AM

Subject:
CN=Downloadious, O=Downloadious, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
14C96493466331C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 2:20:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:550gUCLAVy+qkaBF3solfGUfmz9wlerkNl9jMM3/0C69Qcl5S4ityGdI9d6D:r0g/AE+qkuF35fGm8d+H0UQS4aIjG

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9078

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

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