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setup.exe

Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall 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 Blueis 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Skilled Tomorrow Install System  (signed by Blueis)

Product:
Skilled Tomorrow Install System

Version:
60.0.7.6414

MD5:
44b8b5302085168a6e1e1d3945816a13

SHA-1:
af5644005657f8ccd9df74cef4bb222234ec4b06

SHA-256:
548fb2e22e0648ee96e33fc0b9fde370de181cbc9da0d83e31b85b02860461cf

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 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:
12/18/2024 10:20:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.1.29.17

File size:
869 KB (889,832 bytes)

Product version:
60.0.7.6414

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blueis

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/15/2015 7:46:38 PM

Valid to:
9/15/2016 7:46:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, 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:
3F681AB952294DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/14/2014 6:05:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4B88

Entry point:
E8, 83, 8D, 00, 00, E9, 87, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, B8, 4C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 71, 59, 00, 00, A1, 44, 36, 41, 00, 50, 57, E8, C5, 27, 00, 00, B8, 7C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 5B, 59, 00, 00, 8B, 0D, FC, 35, 41, 00, 51, 6A, FE, 57, E8, DC, 29, 00, 00, 8B, 15, F4, 35, 41, 00, 52, 57, E8, 9F, 27, 00, 00, B8, 8C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 35, 59, 00, 00, A1, FC, 35, 41, 00, 50, 6A, FE, 57, E8, B7, 29, 00, 00, 6A, FD, 57, E8, 1F, 26, 00, 00, 83, C4, 30, B8, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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