setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from installjavupdate.com.
MD5:
749631de673e1118657086bfb64eca19

SHA-1:
befea5a76f392017b0baf42a72c4f4b93d3128a3

SHA-256:
2de41ba0f7dcfe8b0ba13a8f1e96157129bcf6f541c144bf9b9be4fccf301cc5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 4:03:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Driver.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.28.9

File size:
829.1 KB (849,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win16 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 7:28:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win16

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ADFhwFzsQNLAr5bj/b4FKHrJ841gAQguqMwPh:cFhwFzPBYb02y4SA5Mc

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
B8, 04, 4F, 4F, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 73, F1, 69, 6F, 75, 37, 69, 00, BD, E0, 1B, 9D, F3, 0F, E0, 04, B2, 30, 6F, C5, B2, 4E, 4C, DD, DE, AB, D6, 05, 75, 42, 60, 93, 74, E5, 55, A7, 31, D3, 5C, 00, F1, 79, C9, BD, 9B, F6, 2C, BA, 73, E8, 12, 7F, 3E, 56, 3A, 57, A3, F2, 41, 8D, 9A, BC, 5A, E7, 98, 33, DD, 73, 1B, C4, 6F, B6, 82, AB, 92, 10, 9B, 1B, 94, 63, B4, 0C, AF, EB, 94, 42, 06, 8E, F0, D5, 51, 7C, CA, 01, D0, 68, 23, 6D, 3D, F6, E2...
 
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Entropy:
7.9794  (probably packed)

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

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