setup.exe

Bundlore Limited

This is the Bundlore download manager 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 Bundlore Limited 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 Bundlore Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.vlcclassic.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5.1

MD5:
3779d902f1f07c393d41ffb4f4ec227f

SHA-1:
dba1f1d4ebd0ea015ed7b31bcfea08459449bbab

SHA-256:
fb7668b0ee4fd47a805b4008a396c7e8ac6df786325675b8268e9b540df61d15

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 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:
12/28/2024 9:02:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
16.2.25.2

File size:
143.8 KB (147,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/12/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/13/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Limited, O=Bundlore Limited, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
232CE5297F2941A352148152A936FB93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2014 4:32:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:cZnkA6PpR/Xhm3aCKb6ERvYv5XcnSANSSsWjcdSp2Re+xWJgNMqcIb77J:YDWbKzKbQmSVdSme+xWJgncWXJ

Entry address:
0x3D7D

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 49, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, 8A, 41, 00, E8, 8D, 08, 00, 00, E8, EB, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B1, 48, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 92, 42, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.9871

Code size:
69 KB (70,656 bytes)

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

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