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setup{45dc5386-83ab-4f3d-9985-a526441c3b19}.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

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{45dc5386-83ab-4f3d-9985-a526441c3b19}.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.websteroidsapp.com.
Publisher:
UpdaterResponse  (signed by Creative Island Media, LLC)

Product:
UpdaterResponse

Version:
3, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
e206f8289eb2b9b997ac397b82b0fa20

SHA-1:
6cf76367f202385bf0ed1a46681c7ab9e447183b

SHA-256:
74c0d066617139032f1d9707bce69ed38be3a5d730c760887eb9795255adee70

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
1/12/2025 5:10:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.NUR
1037

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.NUR
1.0.20.470

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.166
9.0.1.094

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.NUR
8.14.04.04.11

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.NUR
11.2014-04-04_6

G Data
Adware.Agent.NUR
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

McAfee
Artemis!E206F8289EB2
5600.7171

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.NUR
15.0.0.282

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NUR
14.04.03.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.CreativeIslandMedia.l
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Search Donkey
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0324
7.2.94

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
28016

File size:
1 MB (1,083,768 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
response.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup{45dc5386-83ab-4f3d-9985-a526441c3b19}.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2014 12:00:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WIuDNENkFfQ5JZ10/99I7iH5NE7uHU0QaORQTI6+voOu:URQ5Je9GANEq3QaORQTI6+voOu

Entry address:
0x9BC21

Entry point:
E8, 0A, 18, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 84, 4F, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, B0, F0, 4E, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 84, 4F, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7...
 
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Code size:
784 KB (802,816 bytes)

The file setup{45dc5386-83ab-4f3d-9985-a526441c3b19}.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d.websteroidsapp.com/.../setup2.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-218-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.218.190:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-242.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.242:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-132-150.atl52.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.132.150:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-180-179.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.180.179:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-7-93.ord54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.7.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-96.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-59.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-153.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.153:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-141-253.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.141.253:80)

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