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Brand Thunder LLC

The application setup.exe by Brand Thunder has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup

Version:
9.0.30729.1 built by: SP

MD5:
b154370d12335104c6af8cad4d93e5ce

SHA-1:
f98768102bc0a2a440e0580ff2d6301ef687e1fa

SHA-256:
30da56dd321414640a74bf16385133b587b4aaabec0b3ed544210a8c76d93c63

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.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:13:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder (M)
17.2.11.9

File size:
674.4 KB (690,624 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.30729.1

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/25/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/10/2011 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Dublin, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3D6050FCDCBC892927E9C592D3406D3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2008 8:45:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x28EE8

Entry point:
E8, 94, 4B, 00, 00, E9, 73, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 75, 11, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 4C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 17, 13, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 0F, 1F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, CE, 0B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10...
 
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Entropy:
5.6180

Code size:
291 KB (297,984 bytes)

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