setup.exe

Fileangels

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Fileangels 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from google.pl.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Fileangels)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
7d1b839f78e0f41f4bac84050174827e

SHA-1:
d435ec1b5e5eb8f4dab2cd81b036a9313c84a7d4

SHA-256:
d89c49d3e67968c505cc030e496ab8e75d5f27adffb788f7f721cf1313e84015

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:15:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Fileange.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.1

File size:
79.9 KB (81,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fileangels, O=Fileangels, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
1D54F646CB5A85211464AF0FDAB3D591

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2014 12:00:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:XCFh7xhnE81m3umhUSrFYlsnhJdrmh4gJSwOeEW3eUZjwyDOJJu2Ko8U:XCFh7nn/1m3VFhdrYOv6P9bU

Entry address:
0x63A1

Entry point:
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Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

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