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setup.exe

Installer Program

The application setup.exe, “Installer Program Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.downloadstowersupdate.com and multiple other hosts.
Product:
Installer Program

Description:
Installer Program Setup

MD5:
a8882f5243bcfad469f921c81a02d7ef

SHA-1:
af7dcc40eaabb10e721439da6c283795a51354de

SHA-256:
9ab91d9de870c5817e17c37caefc67884ccf1a467646515360c02a98326c1da2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 9:30:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.2.5.18

File size:
945.7 KB (968,391 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

Copyright:
Lite web

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iFYEp+EdRjyvfsG+AMZgQO1tz18fG90OpGui5f+i8a53:iWxBfwPLOrL91GuiIQ

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.downloadstowersupdate.com/c?x=OdNqeQHGmzVhfSW4BUwJB0unrsWrJnXuCOi7S0dBofg=&c=QdylWb4wJY6j0/qWUNPPZiAyh0QH/EkxEwdJKNsfIaO2CjDA6Hzq6X71j9sJMsMkRaJ84wPEC5884Ub9ZJhtn6KApUCHcf/S2LMHX7/VFondOrApraEYaVucqDrVsn4EUoxMcBgh9mOc/AWlEanlHBAwJbEtczDDIwSTnt7z1QQ=&fallback_url=http://dl.google.com/.../picasa39-setup.exe&downloadAs=Picasa-12733-dp.exe;

http://www.downloadstowersupdate.com/c?x=35h18Hh6CadPmigz6Ko2Zsn8xxS4NVIN/IyV7qrG3Sc=&c=pJZlH2 oG52MSlbO1 yNt6welBMGhYdSJtq0C9zTvdG8yEfO7b7kg3VIRixKaP5ZQqhPjed7wNNFeYihI7bX12J8ziUlbWjSd3kxBHwBLPEDED au2symvrCfmjahskrHxk0lI7dG5sLTu77nOigbgCBXQdwrXmxbEEgv6EuVU0=&fallback_url=http://dl.google.com/.../picasa39-setup.exe&downloadAs=Picasa-12733-dp.exe;

http://www.downloadstowersupdate.com/c?x=SYWMUjHengFQCyLRuqHtkm0st1YzGjajvqM9INyO39E=&c=Pgcef2wISSJ0vf8fnJaTCbbL0DmRrYNTdPxtol78E5x9d8y6oiNThIIxWGbyp263lwcStxX7XQhT71u6v2M6iDV9cRMEWoFb1UbYDzyriX8URdmXZfmLk5nZy9X/gHrl4uwR0YeuP1Cg6xOyY8M32au2ZZhBeqrrlwJcw6/1Ydk=&fallback_url=http://dl.google.com/.../picasa39-setup.exe&downloadAs=Picasa-12733-dp.exe;

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