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Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall 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 Blueis has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager106.com.
Publisher:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer  (signed by Blueis)

Product:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer

Version:
10.1.6.4902

MD5:
a8a8b0dfddb07c8ec8147b240987f9ae

SHA-1:
7961d494ee12de4647c8f4fdf2c4f9a3cb18a770

SHA-256:
97067d86780d4555f6d93f8f335f3851bee4a0372758265cfd5b9133b3569a48

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
11/5/2024 6:39:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.H
360

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DownloadAdmin
2015.11.29

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAdmin.887656
8.3.2.4

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2838

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.16210

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.H
1.0.20.205

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin-220
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.RP
23674

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.733
9.0.1.041

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.P potentially unwanted (variant)
10.12641

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
2/10/2016

F-Prot
W32/S-3bfe598a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
11.2016-10-02_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAdmin
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.212.17997

McAfee
Artemis!D51841F52171
5600.6494

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Dowadmin
1.1.12300.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.H
17.0.0.123

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dyeypd
0.30.26.4751

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
16.02.10.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Blueis.Bundler (M)
16.2.10.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.DownloadAdmin!1.A243 [F]
23.00.65.16208

Sophos
Download Admin (PUA)
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DownloadAdmin/Variant
9333

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DownloAdmin
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45486

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.90042
2.0.0.2536

File size:
866.9 KB (887,664 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.6.4902

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blueis

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2015 1:46:38 AM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 1:46:38 AM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
3F681AB952294DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2014 2:48:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dJxyz17m0hpabeol11wK9XlmrW/3xKmwGFAMeHBXlCkFXUMDGsLVAau2/+343T:dmtDSbxlNVgW/33wGYBXlrFXDFhOoRD

Entry address:
0x4AD3

Entry point:
E8, 98, 8D, 00, 00, E9, A4, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, 6C, 24, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, ED, 76, 69, 53, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 1C, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 8A, 04, 1F, 0F, B6, C8, 80, B9, F8, 49, 41, 00, 00, 75, 1E, 8D, 96, 0C, 02, 00, 00, 39, 16, 72, 09, 56, E8, F1, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 8B, 06, 8A, 0C, 1F, 88, 08, FF, 06, EB, 0A, 56, 50, E8, 3C, E4, FF, FF, 83, C4, 08, 47, 3B, FD, 72, C4, 85, ED, 76, 0E, 68, 9C, FF, 40, 00, 56, E8, B5, 11, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 5E, 5B, 5F, 33, C0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager106.com/download/.../dl?bc=1194693&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=fw36_300x250downloaddisplay5422172&c=fw36&country=GB&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-1069149023&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=at3ofpzwb4ow7nz6hbjkmbkwltg6zgsj&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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