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Setup.exe

Marchbyte

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The file Setup.exe, “Prime Installer ” by Marchbyte has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Prime Installer   (signed by Marchbyte)

Product:
Prime Installer

Description:
Prime Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
6b3a4e39c6821435db5d6380edf2eb53

SHA-1:
6e68371f3fbfc9c36e8064e5b82c3837fa0ad9f5

SHA-256:
601d0880e8a6db0c9a6f04589da8f76f8008f2234199b01dbbf79b742d7cff49

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
1/12/2025 6:52:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.2.2.5

File size:
1.7 MB (1,738,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Prime Installer

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Marchbyte

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/16/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Marchbyte, O=Marchbyte, 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:
0088B96D618828EB759B4AEC0A2AC44839

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/20/2015 8:00:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xB0A5

Entry point:
E8, 12, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, E9, 91, 05, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 10, 01, 41, 00, E8, DB, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 45, 05, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, D1, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 30, 01, 41...
 
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Entropy:
6.7168

Code size:
48 KB (49,152 bytes)

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