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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:
1.0.5.72

MD5:
dd92e77d3d156a9dec39c0ed482813d5

SHA-1:
9160474c8bd123bb54daf45d754695ebabbdde1d

SHA-256:
aa2f76339da7f331ca78b4677f77288bd6246b1aeba79a2b514f0d3a686199e7

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 12:59:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
17.2.13.15

File size:
251.6 KB (257,624 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.72

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ignition Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, 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:
65D958D8BB65D4B474DD2C27E4483253

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 11:56:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x169FA0

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, 9C, 9F, 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:
7.9752  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://vtgtrk.com/?a=1320&c=2876&s5=gameitnow.org/new/sims3&hash=yHCoxX7-eG-v08zEx-9CrRSmM3q9ocL2IaRvZ87wlNdJLuKPuF9Zrl6tn0YN4ker3jZUnsUWDt2LE5OJ9A9-a8mxZ3rFPDw4NW1WExxHfvjnX0CiXclp-jjlLfspLrnwM585uFTWGPqiQKSIB_-JtyCTFimjL76OKgjutVnfJOfZn1dTP64ZA4PW0zq1L2FQEr8Zgfq5gDaioLDkh9GXi-EthOBYXYQ5iFCsIHkiUfJdZmccnkFlKvj71zd9rItMV6pxpZ60dkQO07TYAPKFN3w32-0WnVjYX35oA7NXt9sgfWnvCrk_K4fjBwRz6si4HMyfWgkJbBlQryP9MqfmYA,,&ignts=142529386324077735&ref=http://www.gameitnow.org/new/.../

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