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setup.exe

Software Updater

The application setup.exe by Software Updater has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Unlimited Downloads installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from yt.clkaa.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Software Updater  (signed and verified)

MD5:
541e57465be1eee0445d9d5a53cea558

SHA-1:
5dae0af8fd0c6106ec7e2763707b8320d4edf051

SHA-256:
4d1fc12322d5fcb277522c7c3517bc07e5298563ff478f034778223f6c52bc11

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/24/2024 4:44:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
779

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Agent
2014.12.18

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dldr.Megone.122712
7.11.196.118

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141218

Bitdefender
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
1.0.20.1760

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.51175
9.0.1.0352

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
8.14.12.18.01

F-Secure
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
11.2014-18-12_5

G Data
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
14.12.24

Kaspersky
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Genome
14.0.0.2780

McAfee
Artemis!541E57465BE1
5600.6913

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Trojan.GenericKD.2032519
15.0.0.1056

Norman
Downloader.HLAO
11.20141218

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftwareUpdater.F
14.12.18.1

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1217
7.2.352

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35812

File size:
119.8 KB (122,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Unlimited Downloads

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Updater

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/14/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2015 6:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Updater, O=Software Updater, L=Grosse Pointe Farms, S=Michigan, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0FF7AAEC26DB76CE357CE9B815A9E4BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/7/2011 7:34:37 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Dhl7UR4K1vZJe4A+KWYF2F3JVfJdZobD5ja1z5mQEEpNdAhpyELv3MnQU5QIjRYe:DbAvO4TKWY63JVfBo1a55+p3LUb5QYOS

Entry address:
0x3E0F

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, E8, B4, 52, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 58, 4F, 00, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, C3, 52, 00, 00, 51, A3, 40, 5B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3F, 32, 00, 00, A3, F0, 5B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 52, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 4C, B2, 40, 00, E8, ED, 51, 00, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 4D, B2, 40, 00, C7, 04, 24, 20, 5C...
 
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Entropy:
7.5138

Code size:
32.5 KB (33,280 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://yt.clkaa.com/?request=24863371e397b07b98d3bd392c4ea5a9019f72907ffc52f60d8f99065b729829334bd064c5b0b9c9a8350456ffe1722c9103ad3782d10e900f6ba18a0603c3cca00c32413d2499d65896fbe2373f6f16

http://win.updatergo.com/?request=24863371e397b07b98d3bd392c4ea5a9019f72907ffc52f60d8f99065b729829334bd064c5b0b9c9a8350456ffe1722c9103ad3782d10e900f6ba18a0603c3cca00c32413d2499d65896fbe2373f6f16

http://program.updatergo.com/?request=24863371e397b07b98d3bd392c4ea5a9019f72907ffc52f60d8f99065b729829334bd064c5b0b9c9a8350456ffe1722c9103ad3782d10e900f6ba18a0603c3cca00c32413d2499d65896fbe2373f6f16

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