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Setup.exe

InstallShield

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application Setup.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc 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 InstallShield Setup installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program WhiteSmoke.
Publisher:
Macrovision Corporation  (signed by WhiteSmoke Inc)

Product:
InstallShield

Description:
Setup.exe

Version:
14.0.162

MD5:
41cc08639dab85f311b71e7b6fe94cbb

SHA-1:
90646b0a6486441627795b24e02ad43fa90cee0b

SHA-256:
995572ae5bfe0c9f527c4a6c363077ac08483b155341dc620bc0f3afffa83b3b

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:
11/27/2024 2:30:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke.MacrovisionCorporation.Installer (M)
16.1.7.20

File size:
369.3 KB (378,176 bytes)

Product version:
14.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2007 Macrovision Corporation

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
InstallShield Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\installshield installation information\{9d89ee43-b471-40ec-9550-6bd77c7be3f4}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/17/2007 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2008 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=R&D, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6909B96020B7E23C83DA2D03280AA61E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/18/2007 6:08:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:rWWcGK4EDyGaLquWkVAJvRmiaPd+avl+Lweds:rWvy2gq7TFDweW

Entry address:
0x22094

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, F0, A2, 44, 00, 68, 48, 50, 42, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 40, 91, 44, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 70, 8D, 45, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 6C, 8D, 45, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 68, 8D, 45, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 64, 8D, 45, 00, 6A, 01, E8, DC, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, A8, 11, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.3612

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
288 KB (294,912 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
WhiteSmoke

Display version:
1.00.6012

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{9D89EE43-B471-40EC-9550-6BD77C7BE3F4}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly


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