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shiftn_setup.exe

STMSetup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application shiftn_setup.exe by STMSetup has been detected as adware by 16 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 cmsdownload.com.
Publisher:
STMSetup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd0caaadc0275faec8df43a936dd29c9

SHA-1:
e236384f7a175d4ebbcaf30b68786b7877b4dc9c

SHA-256:
f5e5a7d201def7300003a1a01b915e8a00e7938cc106ad162b38987a466e80e1

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
12/26/2024 6:30:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.OR.1
7.11.173.22

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3383

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Installcore-492
0.98/19279

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0226

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OR potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6c5f2e7b
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of openoffice_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.28.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13417

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2014.08.14.08

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!FD0CAAADC027
16.8.708.2

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140814

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.STMSetup.M
14.8.14.6

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
662.7 KB (678,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
STMSetup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/27/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=STMSetup, O=STMSetup, STREET=28 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4CC8AF2C057FC32A3FA7F44EAADD7EEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qUFa/x02LYXyihsrAD4qc02q0+CHCqXME5UswOc4A+Y:qUFym2LYiihsrI4qcH+C78EWsbA+

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8626

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cmsdownload.com/system/softwares/freedownload_server_com_files/000/950/000/.../shiftn_setup.exe

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