setup.exe

Sanflex

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Sanflex has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.fastdownload5.com.
Publisher:
Sanflex  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d05d1917ae09c6fe3b1422f75044b384

SHA-1:
57481a68f7a67f67e7888d9bf8930ea0ad0ba049

SHA-256:
dd1589851cf66d76bbf95daa7f73c9716d3efb9fb08c01fd17b8fa86f9530c0a

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/16/2024 5:53:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2014.10.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3272

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Downloadadmin
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-02-12_3

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14174

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.12.02.05

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.djahkt
0.28.6.63726

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Bundler
15.5.3.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
33706

File size:
822.4 KB (842,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sanflex, O=Sanflex, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
42D7699269B5BB95341F5DA022F6E57D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 5:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8S:op9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5

Entry address:
0x3345

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2E, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4901

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

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