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setup.exe

7-Zip

Installer Setup

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address useastone.pingdatanetwork.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Installer Setup)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
6084a97ba58697608703f1fa7fa83ea0

SHA-1:
705c3518cacc6f5f352b379088d947f789220dcb

SHA-256:
2cbba8f52205fa1473e601a7cdde467b888a15e06590930cb88d083c1c56cb07

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
12/25/2024 12:50:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.JP.7u0@aOgXRihi
5639840

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2015.05.17

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAssistant.Gen4
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3089

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16117

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2015.06.03.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.185413
16.0.0.462

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1357

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Bundler
15.6.3.14

Sophos
PUA 'Download Assistant' (of type Adware)
5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Malware-Cryptor.FSP.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
1.1 MB (1,151,920 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
07A1307B10CFA227F3AF56F353208204

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 5:27:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sWvknOMEfydICXAPTUlVvaajlwcOrLw8y1Qg0wEchAmBdPodCvFjzEhqoI:sUeOMmylMTEVZ5wo8ydBV9FKrI

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.6 KB (129,684 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to useastone.pingdatanetwork.com  (104.236.40.148:80)

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