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Skunk Dog Media

The application setup.exe by Skunk Dog Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager106.com.
Publisher:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer  (signed by Skunk Dog Media)

Product:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer

Version:
10.1.6.4902

MD5:
97d692fa907b58cfe31035c745a157f8

SHA-1:
a51465b2c00cc79f772711f9c6180e5de273223d

SHA-256:
6b96230d01039d59a4a3f7d1d30a29135626bf94c691a74c8f4d70bdb3a60464

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:54:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SkunkDog.Bundler (M)
16.5.4.10

File size:
872.6 KB (893,568 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.6.4902

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Skunk Dog Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/5/2015 6:23:40 PM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 2:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Skunk Dog Media, O=Skunk Dog Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0090B94CB4414E99DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/24/2014 9:00:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:A+TtXrEDfR4w3lxnMcKUZ2Kbr4f1oN0FC:n2R4wTneRq81o2FC

Entry address:
0xD5E2

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 50, 4D, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 4C, 4D, 41, 00, 89, 15, 48, 4D, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 44, 4D, 41, 00, 89, 35, 40, 4D, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 3C, 4D, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 68, 4D, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 5C, 4D, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 38, 4D, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 34...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
53 KB (54,272 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager106.com/download/.../dl?bc=1194693&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=fw36_300x250displaycenterdownloadDEdefault5529552&c=fw36&country=CA&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-1724584469&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=at3ofpzwb4ow7nz6hbjkmbkwltg6zgsj&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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