setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Ignition Installer 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 Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6.65

MD5:
f8e9f5ef69e428a86de8ae26350c8157

SHA-1:
ac73afd3d1ba306618156d3af44f11201dac8e2f

SHA-256:
1a1713ef7a017c5b666b38e70e3b7650c6bc904896a7d72438e9d3b456a8bfed

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:54:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
16.7.22.6

File size:
250.8 KB (256,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6.65

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/16/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/15/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4AD02B79DCF38F3E9774567F4C94AC58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2015 2:00:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fuH7Frr8hDr911mzOMAh7PkIcdKuF11UBUxf9IoSQOW:fW7F/8v911mzwh7P1UKuF11UBkIoSQj

Entry address:
0x169C50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 45, 9C, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9723  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://vtgtrk.com/?a=1320&c=2876&s5=gameitnow/dl/southpark&hash=g_odrfR-7KcTrBUNYWMZmO3YJhAvfpONORPkiSGTWYBQeKQQkxL47lhyXovvs1RYoIZMKy8XXmBvWhsm-6lo9elthwVboh2XgZ9nnn-ChBGE797oWXdynxyhh70DCZ0AA3eO2Nq9cy1AsKGA2m7fZfFnRu3tW9VeR1EtESr8V_RrEMXBRduPzZnonGquwE0Bih3i-7ChkLWCRnt-TeiaHQ4h9D_MXfenINI0zptHMrBikNQtL4eiMeD6JM-SNSsECPmLHNuhxmHguV8iBVrt2YDfTwixUHk9HBvHvcgOy5Wit5tsjbjMzPITPIa0HmpdWf2CN8YkxQzAMLyfbP38jw,,&ignts=142671128853858082&ref=http://www.gameitnow.org/dl/.../

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