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setup.exe

Zoobam

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 Zoobam 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager105.com.
Publisher:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation  (signed by Zoobam)

Product:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation

Version:
84.2.2.9204

MD5:
e62421b3845e799fcc39fff6b991cedf

SHA-1:
7be0380ace98ce9c9c7323672c3ab6ea63eefeca

SHA-256:
4f563923f2da3bd614d78ae6e22e8896fd62bc04d5d20e5994432b5ba500478b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/23/2024 12:31:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.10.8.20

File size:
758.4 KB (776,576 bytes)

Product version:
84.2.2.9204

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zoobam

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/4/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 2:59:59 AM

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

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:
311DC1BBB26CA79EF9567C60DC69E79A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 9:58:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:U7xi5x03/LoR+xR1ZRjYoPML56WxxGui5zYMs7hXURzsMKfxcPT8DosTVlwz90ey:Cx6rEzPM16WxxTi8xUiMKfxcYDF5Qo+4

Entry address:
0x1EFAE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9227

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager105.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191729&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=Informer_Fwint_Desc300x250usdisplaydefault&c=informer_fwint&country=IL&variation=nochrome&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-1312691242&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=wxqhpbzeyigi3qcuo3vxag4qbs5pzfwg&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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