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setup.exe

Prime Installer

Seekinstall

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Seekinstall has been detected as adware by 54 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from initiatedownload.com.
Publisher:
Seekinstall  (signed and verified)

Product:
Prime Installer

MD5:
17aa80138c8df6a8ba6dbb81eca24505

SHA-1:
64631679df01222386598584c7b940aca3eadce7

SHA-256:
0cfde5ffed898383662bee7c0306d0486bf39e7c328879991a97d54cd6b0ad7d

Scanner detections:
54 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/18/2025 2:41:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.iBryte.BR
673

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.03.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150403

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.3151

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.76822
1.0.20.465

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-8186
0.98/20227

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.BYK
21243

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.24638
9.0.1.093

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.iBryte.BR
8.15.04.03.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BY (variant)
9.11456

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Adload.AG!tr.dldr
4/3/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-4a14a543
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.iBryte.BR
11.2015-03-04_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.76822
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of flash_player_pro_update_setup.exe
2015.7.7.19

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.196.15011

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.76822
16.0.0.279

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dorjnx
0.30.10.952

Norman
IBryte.URL
11.20150403

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.117576
15.02.11.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.4.3.2

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.11

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.ULHRQbD
37.0.11468

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
38950

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.7561
2.0.0.2134

File size:
491.7 KB (503,464 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Seekinstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/16/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Seekinstall, O=Seekinstall, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
70B94B44C11D94075538EA52D3EF3696

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xQiG8G0LH1stmNMqwJlKhC2Iqjzva6WXd55yGM5:xQi9Lstm+qwJsIta

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:
7.4265

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://initiatedownload.com/track/install?adprovider=dayz_fwint&source=fwint_dayz_7zip-us-display-728x90-default&dlink=http://secure.distapp11.com/o/.../setup.exe

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