setup.exe

Deals Interactive Media, LLC

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Deals Interactive Media has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.radsteroids.com.
Publisher:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4138d0a4749f5143bbea59e01162994d

SHA-1:
b96ccf4b1599616ee435d60f8e44f3e6d14b67cc

SHA-256:
633c274bd6a0da9462914e73aaf470460c155e54d7be352bfface7a19eb8ccc0

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:50:58 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.175
9.0.1.0121

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
8.9704

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SaMon
5/1/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.3930

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Radsteroids.A
v2014.05.01.10

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PullUpdate.cwiqgd
0.28.0.59492

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DealsInteractiveMedia.F
14.5.1.22

Sophos
Generic PUA DE
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0421
7.2.121

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.0

File size:
3 MB (3,111,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/29/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", L=Houston, S=Texas, 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:
1D6A627084CA20F5363E39971F838AF2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 2:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:y5ZLV83ho42At+sBDTbrl3YnHi8FmGK4OwpnlrEihNmwb03dCxaEWB6C:v3hBRc8Drl6C85BdllrEih8wY3difWcC

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9726

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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