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Setup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application Setup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.tweaks-soft.com.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6b900c8f6c20701cbb61afc9e5abc8b0

SHA-1:
f102a1c1b0acd5aea35628ceff5fc993a38eeb06

SHA-256:
3e84836d2d188622a9e443f7366094268637f997b26035ad845810d48b7cefa4

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
11/15/2024 8:57:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0103

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.F
14.4.13.4

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28214

File size:
2.1 MB (2,188,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2014 2:47:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:U2r4+LTmO/mSzJ+1IWIU9QX2SrpuknltEJNIqtkyvuae3G+lsoV:UC+O/hwPvgrpHyJtkyvutr

Entry address:
0x372F

Entry point:
E8, 53, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, F4, D1, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, D0, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 20, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 20, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 20, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 20, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9006  (probably packed)

Code size:
45 KB (46,080 bytes)

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

http://download.tweaks-soft.com/download.php?br=3&pio=129&dyn=0001_129

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