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setup.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

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 Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.spyguardapp.com.
Publisher:
Big Water Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1eabb0916f0f8b1df9dcb86d34d780c3

SHA-1:
7f4a89acfbedce84669a026a1e4dd398a8d43245

SHA-256:
f00ec4a4071df64037a89e0169308b2af05d6c47e1047ff8975981a56cb228cb

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
12/26/2024 12:53:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
2014.9-140411

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18084

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.128
9.0.1.0101

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
8.9663

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A
v2014.04.11.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BigWaterApplications.F
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.957BE1AA
7.2.101

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0
28194

File size:
4 MB (4,245,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 2:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:pm3G83lN6UR5nWQFTYDub4/lsdllrEilnI8dKf4lZuI:1klN6UR5nWQOSyurlrEB8dKfrI

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9860

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dl.spyguardapp.com/SpyGuard/47302/.../Setup.exe

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