setup.exe

Web Start

The application setup.exe by Web Start 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.moreinfotrigger.com.
Publisher:
Web Start  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.5938.27521

MD5:
9f562b4654d2d1b3fdec99d84c6c74b9

SHA-1:
b693e1b85ff6644b1db016744c1b33c9fc4b0a88

SHA-256:
f9815b5eb58bbad55233b1ee1ed2a323fbfd6ed59ab2348e50039779d9c955ba

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/7/2025 9:01:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebStart.Installer (M)
16.4.6.9

File size:
308.4 KB (315,768 bytes)

Product version:
2016.04.04

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Start, O=Web Start, L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
3F898A0E6DC1F45010D1B40A479C1F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/26/2015 4:23:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CTzb1oEiKMrNGO9OtVTTf38DxBfX5LtZhwzV9/KOiuy/l1cx3O3XrQUpTzpFa3SF:CTzbOvKCtMT/8DxBfXdizV1KCy/Xc6XJ

Entry address:
0x3BC4

Entry point:
81, EC, CC, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, BF, 00, A2, 40, 00, 59, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8B, DD, 8B, F1, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, A8, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 44, 3E, 47, 00, E8, A4, 33, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, BD, 46, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 30, 50, 55, 68, 88, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, 8C, A2, 40, 00, 68, E0, BD, 46, 00, E8, 57, 37, 00, 00, FF, 15, A0, 90, 40, 00, 50, 68, A0, 40, 4C, 00, E8, 46, 37, 00, 00, 55, FF, 15, BC...
 
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Entropy:
7.8856

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

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

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