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SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application setup.exe by SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadtrunk118.com.
Publisher:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6164312caa0c400a7b41eb1b3c0787d1

SHA-1:
92b0628cb7780a88da6ba9b42c9e971bc43ba194

SHA-256:
875748c09e40e4e9ddf5fd87a67ce1b63fab2d98951ce984bb40e9c2537c757e

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:
11/15/2024 9:21:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.SAFEINST.Installer (M)
16.5.17.19

File size:
655 KB (670,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/19/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/19/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
5591FE91109E0E8E18F34E77C30B1AB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2015 7:10:03 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:a/wAfXETz9n2YwyuqlsnBj4W7rtV0nFwrO1jav95fT9bfYEsz91r5Wg0kU6iirf2:nAPg9n2BdBj4W/toFw0q95LtYEsz91dw

Entry address:
0x1B2A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, 8C, 52, 00, 00, 53, E8, 2A, FD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 15, 50, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 04, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 4C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 34, 42, 00, E8, 8C, 40, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 20, 3D, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 73, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 94, 71, 40, 00, 68, 68, 74, 40, 00, 68, 20, 35, 42, 00, E8, 7E, 3F, 00, 00, FF, 15, 00, 71, 40, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadtrunk118.com/download/.../dl?bc=1183685&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=Fwint_Informer_Informer_adsrep300X250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=PL&variation=chwebsite&cb=1533663032&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=niac42obtrpk4qsflf62smi3tohdtzhu&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1

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