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setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 counter99.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
38dfc775216b42f81be29640c522a828

SHA-1:
6047b95e401e3e12ed551c8980cbc3e6ec6ebb95

SHA-256:
adef8c9b4e4d8dbcbd575a31194f872f89cc7dc3c0827d99587498a40fde4c2f

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.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 7:49:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.213.94

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1533

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-fa569e41
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.AnyProtect
15.3.25

File size:
581 KB (594,940 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:u8vp6bb+fUxOuG9/cUccRCghAMmoD5TK2xlLLRQLxiQ:u8vM/+fMOx9/oC5hEo9+2xlLLRkxb

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8644

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://counter99.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009&civ=0&pac=

http://mobilitydata5.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=95A07D8A-D530-11E2-B4C6-C870F8A92900&civ=0&pac=

http://counter99.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=4F979EE0-F61D-11DE-860B-78843CDF3A10&civ=0&pac=

http://globalstorage1.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF&civ=0&pac=

http://globalstorage1.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=42D43B48-60A6-11E4-867D-DC8A13542B00&civ=0&pac=

http://globalstorage1.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=C14FFBEE-2328-E411-A818-28D244D71922&civ=0&pac=

http://counter99.com/.../dlgen.php?r=vu_vo2_&rr=J&sct=AGR&sid=CD2A44FD-63E9-DB11-8001-DD6C58C97171&civ=0&pac=

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