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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 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 999donot.blob.core.windows.net.
Publisher:
Web

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
4dd1e089c00df4c139e49fa508096eca

SHA-1:
61931d5063db0fd7b7746c1ef8207a17fadf0c6c

SHA-256:
96d4d31552b49b70babf0f005208175dde7a7dfde79e00ab6bb99b0fa8c56d00

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:
1/15/2025 8:26:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Adware InstallCore.AVP
2015.0.4477

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.12.09.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
15.12.9.7

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
509.4 KB (521,652 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CUAGxJ9ovUVFZk8HtiPUFuNFGPuylKhC2Iqjzva6WXd55yGMB:CUA4woZVjuNF+sItq

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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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://999donot.blob.core.windows.net/.../Setup.exe

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