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setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-instantly.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
371664d3ba4550c69df6dc9a13b9bd13

SHA-1:
ca9fb8c1f0741f631a59956c14c4c418ffdf1530

SHA-256:
ce7dff902f15ce39dc6188f558bb76b585b1587476c3164e10fd8419dec14531

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:23:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.146.224

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-HG [PUP]
150101-1

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Adware.Eorezo.BZ
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.CJ
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
SoftwareBundler
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.187.14339

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2015.01.07.02

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.10502

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnbnk
0.28.6.64267

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.01.07.02

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.15105

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10131

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28788

File size:
642.4 KB (657,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:l1yMJfsG1Jugqa21rVEl4ECA7r/6dDoWGp/MFv1ZbIK4rngAu5KmTLTkz2+yk:3yMJfs+JLq3VEyQ7Wkzez6rviKe8zIk

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7760

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download-instantly.com/is/http://www.video-media-download.com/download/14/.../video-media-download_setup.exe

http://www.video-media-download.com/download/14/.../video-media-download_setup.exe

http://www.video-media-download.com/dl.php?p=1&aff_id=1&ce_cid=20oMGx2cQ.w.hNYK1kFtmx1vcoT42su3

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../iWhvm2acqZWLaW-bX8p6w4iQaphion6UiGKYmWOkfZuJkHGVYqB7w41pb5ZjnA?dp=CiRhZGFjZjZkNi1kZjE0LTQzOTMtYmNjZC0yMjI5Y2M4OGEzNTgiCDExOTA1ODQyKggxMTg4MTAxNzIIMTE4ODEwNzI6Bm1hdG9teUIIMTE3MzAwNDhKCDExNzA4MTEzUgJVU1oCQ0FiCDExODczNTEzagZDaHJvbWWQAQGYAQGoAQCyASAyM2QyMWU0MmQ2NmMxMWUyYmZmODEyMzEzZDJkNTliZsIBAMgBBNABBN0BSb4XQOUBknGwP-0Bort7P.ABAfgBA4ICCWMxMTg4MTA3MogCAJACAJgCAKACAKoCAA==

http://s.m2pub.com/event/click/0/CiRhZGFjZjZkNi1kZjE0LTQzOTMtYmNjZC0yMjI5Y2M4OGEzNTgiCDExOTA1ODQyKggxMTg4MTAxNzIIMTE4ODEwNzI6Bm1hdG9teUIIMTE3MzAwNDhKCDExNzA4MTEzUgJVU1oCQ0FiCDExODczNTEzagZDaHJvbWWQAQGYAQGoAQCyASAyM2QyMWU0MmQ2NmMxMWUyYmZmODEyMzEzZDJkNTliZsIBAMgBBNABBN0BSb4XQOUBknGwP-0Bort7P.ABAfgBA4ICCWMxMTg4MTA3MogCAJACAJgCAKACAKoCAA==/.../

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