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setup.exe

SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application setup.exe by SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address tlb.hwcdn.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6e579a1106bc94fd66c6b2f690a01ccd

SHA-1:
bc46ab7f1c7ca02cb97c14d9725629d0752fd70d

SHA-256:
bccf1b011563fcc6fc1e39d513b484207eebcfaf08099b4913fa36440b588325

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 5:27:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DownloadAdmin
2015.06.03

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3090

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.6.2.21

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
40552

File size:
653.7 KB (669,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=SAFE INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
5591FE91109E0E8E18F34E77C30B1AB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2015 1:14:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:v9cazLCHa4Aq9C5pdDHG850PBkHh6wrZkbY9380QpkY6sj8eCaRV4gSQTOBc:1caz+Hafq9CFDH3OmB6QZkM3cCS8Kinc

Entry address:
0x1BB4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, DC, 51, 00, 00, 53, E8, 50, FD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 15, 50, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 70, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 4C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 2C, 42, 00, E8, B9, 09, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3D, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 73, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 68, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 35, 42, 00, E8, AB, 08, 00, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 70, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9744

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to st-sh-us-dc1-001.s.dss.vg  (208.91.197.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-53-79.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.53.79:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-251.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.251:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-245.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.245:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-54-180.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.54.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-54-173.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.54.173:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (54.231.0.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-23-129.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.23.129:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-250-106.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.250.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-66-231-49.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.66.231.49:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-0-160-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.0.160.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net  (72.167.239.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 50.22.63.138-static.reverse.softlayer.com  (50.22.63.138:80)

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