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setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Ignition Installer has been detected as adware 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 Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6.2

MD5:
8b381729cab5fcadee56a02b00600544

SHA-1:
c49f25ae349a1c208a3b067b6d4997cc86944e7e

SHA-256:
c403cb1e4a3ea59ca2100694ced146d3b3668cd3aaef9503b1be61fb623e4926

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:10:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.IgnitionInstaller.Installer (M)
16.2.13.10

File size:
248.8 KB (254,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ignition Installer

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/17/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/16/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4AD02B79DCF38F3E9774567F4C94AC58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2015 9:03:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fselLj4yc5jKy/UsRG/UGztZPBSgpuxeBRefpnoSvj:fnlHLUf9G8G/1puIOfxoSvj

Entry address:
0x169590

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 88, 95, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://vtgtrk.com/?a=2206&c=2876&s1=subway-surfers&hash=PdRG9ayUYiqtbaMzcRQMEeTCyU_LObkiQegoCNDOrdhwRXy5EHWZtNQlBpt_oxwD18XLJNnfs8WrRYRQqT3N_rDsJH-YzvQgasiPXWyw1nlQxWyA69VLA-nr--VmkcAA8gVFqadMzVGKDSNRx9FzQG8fq8YvlaNRX_VQSyHfUCoX2a5O_3v9g9F1LTq06YF8TIClb8gCNejyiqSr3eA_hY15-lfFs9Y1US_Vbk-2ujyXpUaq4nAAqRTMtkWnaIa_TRh_YxTVfkdr3iVV2zscmfd5FJpnaJZAAFTU2w3ucIzfsyJXranelXJF5DMeLn1JcObhJdXeBd9my87_H2Qc2w,,&ignts=142711560354388011&ref=http://download-apps.org/game-downloads/.../download-subway-surfers.html

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