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setup.exe

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Program Soft Generic

The application setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from az803221.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Program Soft Generic

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
e82756051f26e3a5697fd2342359eb64

SHA-1:
5b6b0b44db70a2e2adbc361a3fb575fb3281d7d9

SHA-256:
a9b54eedd6c769af354d6b9763c2036df8586ba52c4920d6b8cc604b9dc226b6

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
12/27/2024 4:14:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12338

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/11/2015

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.1294

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.10.11.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.10.11.1

File size:
507.4 KB (519,552 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

Copyright:
Web

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:6/rvQPIyl9KlbZ772nHFmwIVguWjBPlBR/EdPLl5Gm8SM14LNSI5jo49UY94UqTz:CrvGIC9e2kV2lBRYzjvMKRl7q3C8pJth

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:
7.9234

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://az803221.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

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