setup.exe

Small Island Development

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 Small Island Development has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from gp387a.sazzip.com.
Publisher:
Small Island Development  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0ef1511f79fedab6a865ed3086805c90

SHA-1:
dbbcd73b91f814e8051c5e5623921f6b2ad869c0

SHA-256:
2ddb949312bcce6c137e52282deb9c2b45b0127a47866d63fc2c4e4a0d568233

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
12/27/2024 2:10:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.1132212
6506914

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.MovieWizard
2015.02.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.206.100

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CBD
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.1132212
1.0.20.160

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20930

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.1132212
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Generic.1132212
11.2015-01-02_1

G Data
Application.Generic.1132212
15.2.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MovieWizard.A
v2015.02.01.10

McAfee
Artemis!D0B52DFEC9B3
5600.6867

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.1132212
16.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PullUpdate.dmgkwq
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Adware/TVWizard
15.02.01.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Injekt
15.2.1.22

Sophos
Generic PUA CC
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B3BC0FA9
7.2.32

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784449
36694

File size:
4.3 MB (4,553,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/23/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/22/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Small Island Development, O=Small Island Development, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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

Serial number:
2ACB4CDCE993E485342ABFA2BCA95A17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 6:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:as7RhMt7L4j+E8J61NObZiplqoueN0NqkpZihnBt9jK+HzxRhMt7L4j+E8q:t7RWbEXsQplyFw2UhpK+TxRWbEt

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

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