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Pull Trends

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Choice Install ” by Pull Trends 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download1491bucket.com.
Publisher:
Choice Install   (signed by Pull Trends)

Product:
Choice Install

Description:
Choice Install

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
d31f5f9fdd599caf8eddcddaf967db18

SHA-1:
a947e03c30329c0d83b15e46fa7ee875b0974c56

SHA-256:
b22264e43a7f36f229e0faa4a88ef49090270486598772cd0a305fd5be229b76

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
11/14/2024 9:07:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.PullTren.Bundler (M)
16.6.21.16

File size:
393.3 KB (402,784 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Choice Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pull Trends

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/6/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pull Trends, O=Pull Trends, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=MO, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2DB408BA9ECD129D99939D263A3C8574

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 4:00:26 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:8xdFu4Jc543dmpmujvGmrhrq8EVfwV8gzTr7wkjkPnG:8xjuwN3dm9lrq8EVIag7wkk/G

Entry address:
0x29FE1

Entry point:
E8, 0E, AC, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 8C, E4, 44, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, A0, E0, 44, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.4314

Code size:
306.5 KB (313,856 bytes)

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

http://download1491bucket.com/track/install?creative_id=32&_sd=1&adprovider=exoc&source=exo_display-us-728x90&dlink=http://secure.myappz06.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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