setup.exe

Safe Down

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 39 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from superquickdownloads.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
df274fe516768a204034cf19d91f236c

SHA-1:
73d77a40f640d74025dd1f1ac0133253bb225971

SHA-256:
6db0a7c60056fe0555f5ee5fba4e716a749dcf3934d285c70cf19e9c0ff23c21

Scanner detections:
39 / 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:
12/27/2024 3:44:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
377

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.173.22

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-160123

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2017.0.2855

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.16123

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.115

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-5357
0.98/19505

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19547

Dr.Web
Adware.iBryte.493
9.0.1.023

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
8.16.01.23.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BF application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
1/23/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor
11.2016-23-01_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.772

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2016.01.23.01

McAfee
IBryte-FRK
5600.6511

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
17.0.0.69

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.desauy
0.28.2.61942

Norman
IBryte.STR
11.20160123

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.84848.B
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.23.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.SafeDown.Bundler (M)
16.1.23.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.16121

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9368

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.23

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.23

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1985
2.0.0.1937

File size:
82.4 KB (84,336 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 2:30:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:I7sWka24wiU8Crlrpbu8BUjLOV+mV3T7P:Frd4Ylrp4jLOVHTj

Entry address:
0x9B51

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, AC, C1, 40, 00, FF, 25, A8, C1, 40, 00, 68, C1, 9B, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, 00, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.2123

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

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