setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer 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 Ignition Installer 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 Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6.100

MD5:
651e6f5d1db426211b7c2528674ee3f1

SHA-1:
862be1235db3c88812c4145996adff3f668dd1d2

SHA-256:
c4dbf0140ee8ae45362b1cad7f5a9dbeb180f1a4a81e8b86be2e0c98b89c9b99

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 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:
12/25/2024 12:25:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.IgnitionInstaller.Installer (M)
16.1.26.18

File size:
249.3 KB (255,240 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6.100

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/16/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/15/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4AD02B79DCF38F3E9774567F4C94AC58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2015 5:33:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:RIz/iSKI3ciBKjY1UbMDO30D5XTtN/eR+wovDXOTYQ59JoSNx:FSRcikjpbAc0DZTt9tDuYQloSNx

Entry address:
0x169780

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 72, 97, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9745  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

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