setup.exe

MKV player

Conversionads

The application setup.exe, “MKV player Setup ” by Conversionads 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.freemkvplayer.net.
Publisher:
Conversionads  (signed and verified)

Product:
MKV player

Description:
MKV player Setup

MD5:
fa6fe30caa72cf510eba322ee3ece57f

SHA-1:
90ddf10a0d46f5febb02cd26894724538be16c08

SHA-256:
1f077df00c590077b92437a49025359ea7619142250b12b91c5d0c2d9dc55ef8

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:
12/27/2024 4:47:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conversionads.Installer (M)
16.1.31.0

File size:
1.7 MB (1,788,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Swedish (Sweden)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
6/6/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2012 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Conversionads, O=Conversionads, STREET=Am Weinberg 5, L=Neubeuern, S=Neubeuern, PostalCode=83115, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00C774EE3B8DAE0D50741CD0F860CE601C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0SxXIy+m5grogl+WyBWRLJ0n898KvCZnLCgvhz:p/+se+JoLlSgEzvF

Entry address:
0x9C18

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, AE, 94, FF, FF, E8, B5, A6, FF, FF, E8, 44, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, D4, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 9D, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 5A, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

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