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setup.exe

appbundler.com

This is a component for the Pinball ad-supported platform which may deliver advertisemenst to the web browser in the form of banner and text ads. The application setup.exe by appbundler.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from origin-ics.fivemillionfriends.com.
Publisher:
appbundler.com  (signed and verified)

Description:
Installer

Version:
2.0.324.0

MD5:
ca5edebcd2c868348f80d637b55f999c

SHA-1:
840cbae839fd24840613dbb85dea98c799392b70

SHA-256:
bc7629e207fb85eaa6cfd2e069b8826a9c26c2175004c501ab11eb07ee9b33bc

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.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:30:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Pinball (M)
16.8.1.15

File size:
202.7 KB (207,528 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.324.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
appbundler.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/21/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=appbundler.com, OU=Ops, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=appbundler.com, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
05E671753CF9BB1D76A8C55652892720

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2011 10:23:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fXmwBEoo2usAlSziTvLYlWIoFrGe7fl+L27:uwBM3lSzGv0EFGeME

Entry address:
0x72610

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 44, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, FB, 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:
7.8799

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

Code size:
192 KB (196,608 bytes)

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

http://origin-ics.fivemillionfriends.com/NCIC/20110630185053494E434647493031_decc2787-d080-45be-b1d9-87c342457c7e/.../setup.exe

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