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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
19f4fe3e43a70ae21da614ade0952890

SHA-1:
c2eecd87db79bbdec5b8855fcf34aceb5eb3c693

SHA-256:
532848d8d6f8a66111f1fdd62b1d6ee986e084493e1ffce936e470fc23874074

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
2/24/2025 7:33:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18301

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.173
9.0.1.0310

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
8.9821

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
11/6/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.2986

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Radsteroids.A
v2014.11.06.08

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PullUpdate.cwiqgd
0.28.0.59911

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.SaMon.g5 (Not a Virus)
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DealsInteractiveMedia.F
14.11.6.20

Sophos
Generic PUA HE
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0325
7.2.310

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.SaMon
29386

File size:
3 MB (3,111,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\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:ElV83ho42AtvWsyMj4ltY71YVAnuiQ/Xm4OwpnlrEihNmyu3F+XCEjq1xC:j3hBRJWLltY7SCBQPNdllrEih8V3FYrD

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:
7.9728

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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