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AKAWT

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.file8desktop.com.
Publisher:
AKAWT

Product:
AKAWT

Version:
1926.15828.1349.3442

MD5:
e3f882defd77d8a30aeabae6b51d7aab

SHA-1:
93ec150690c11ef6b6915fb05386aa82e2897fd7

SHA-256:
6ea40ee6a1c30f88e8096796476e0983d5e8b95438ac7d87959275dc81665f21

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:25:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.CP
16.05.24

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
5.15.96

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.h
18.0.204.0

Norman
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.CP
19.05.2016 05:17:13

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OutBrowse (M)
16.5.24.5

File size:
475 KB (486,416 bytes)

Product version:
1926.15828.1349.3442

Copyright:
AKAWT

Trademarks:
AKAWT

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:H2LdUe6xkrC+vDia6INpzlIHS4lu3HqDkih2ZJQGgtmW:WLdUe6xkrC+vmKES4l4tis4Ggt/

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9706

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.file8desktop.com/1440741131/.../1440741131?32375586029ZGNxLzE6aGxsOygjbjosKy0qIGQ7KS0wNjAhZzUrNjcrI2w6KSFfKTcxLyctLyNdLTglKyZiKjorLh9fLzUnMSRbMjsqKiFhYWZlbFhqYzpsYG9taiZhY2ZhaGJfOG8sMUouQEE SysrS0BUS0RETkEqSEI7PyZnWmxsOjIvIWhsbDsoI2FsZzgs

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