setup.exe

Rational Thought Solutions

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Rational Thought Solutions 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Rational Thought Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3d99504b658a417b47ca40c92b0821dc

SHA-1:
76b41e0fd25aca32e6871d34f3dc284b4e943dad

SHA-256:
ab98b7394d70e75927eec0e01f6663075594f3c9bead2568a015888acbd130b5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:28:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.12.2.0

File size:
4.3 MB (4,523,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Rational Thought Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Rational Thought Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
14448451C4ACAC4A2AACA637288DB659

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 11:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:bKyAuuTZ4EgaG7U2FEI3yWGnzNztePOF7Hw3HV09AyAd:bKjZ4jXEIi7nRIPQsGAt

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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