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Downloadious

The application setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Downloadious 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.vlcclassic.com.
Publisher:
Program Software   (signed by Downloadious)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
5.5.5.0

MD5:
70a75d6824a396cdbf739fa32cfd1e41

SHA-1:
84f30a7a757ea522fd467a09757ce135b9480b5a

SHA-256:
bf8c398ba933599755f145a3f247d7845fa316783dd6105745d3f4dc95f7c7ae

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:
12/28/2024 8:47:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloadius.Downloadious.Installer (M)
16.1.30.10

File size:
949.6 KB (972,360 bytes)

Product version:
5.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Downloadious

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/17/2015 6:35:55 AM

Valid to:
11/17/2016 6:35:55 AM

Subject:
E=ido.chernobroda@ironsrc.com, CN=Downloadious, O=Downloadious, L=San Diego, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C5A6CFB1FED1AF54B884BBB852E2D6F2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JiOAiSpK+5AzpMgRO8E6JI6og5/nFvmp+:Jrfnz6CO8ESIq5dm8

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9280

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://download.vlcclassic.com/.../setup.exe

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