setup.exe

TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application setup.exe, “Express Install ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 36 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.techgenie.com.
Publisher:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
08d4eef0c2b6d5fab9bc7183064cc1e8

SHA-1:
a971862a2af8b73e9692ea6a6c50f3d7243678ef

SHA-256:
12fabf92a301044d176a3edbff6eeb4771945708f0830de3ed629be685319b09

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager bundles various adware components.

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:
11/6/2024 12:55:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
694

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
15.03.12

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.djc
7.11.141.180

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-150312

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.APM
2014.0.4253

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
1.0.20.355

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
18012

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24994
9.0.1.071

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
8.15.03.12.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.G application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
3/12/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-352b3331
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
11.2015-12-03_5

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.19.2

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TinyInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11595

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2357

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2015.03.12.03

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!A93FEF159410
5600.6828

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
16.0.0.213

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.csnugn
0.28.0.58720

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1791272
14.04.11.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.12.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.EK4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.3.12.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.15310

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.IBryte/Variant
10002

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.BYaFcbB
37.0.11409

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27828

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.119414
2.0.0.1773

File size:
1.7 MB (1,799,976 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY INSTALLER, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/18/2013 9:29:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:/sEzQYLxP2AXFRs6Hv8DzMwuA8uOpYJc1Rniuy3U6+:UeQYLV2YF1k0FLuOpVRnL6

Entry address:
0x36395

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, F0, 5B, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 38, 0D, 5B, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 94, F9, 5A, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1405

Code size:
392.5 KB (401,920 bytes)

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

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