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Alpha Installer

LiveSoftAction

The program utilizes the Appscion Download and Install manager, an adware distribution bundler from SIEN SA. The setup program includes ad-supported toolbars and utilities. The application singer brilliance 5500 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe by LiveSoftAction has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
LiveSoft_Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction)

Product:
Alpha Installer

Version:
9.13.4.1

MD5:
b20b390ccd0a43c1f8951f52dace1116

SHA-1:
4b1b2883bcf355b210521570aa89c3a6bb290f89

SHA-256:
e119705836a98db0f9931e36fb737a88f36aae903ee106da0264776c293914d5

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer that uses the Appscion to bundle adware.

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:
1/13/2025 3:53:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
570

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3140

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.GetNow.DI
21753

Dr.Web
Adware.Iminent.28
9.0.1.0103

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
8.15.07.15.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/GetNow.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-15-07_4

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of panasonic rr-qr230 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe (Adware)
2015.7.15.10

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15575

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.LiveSoft
v2015.07.15.10

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
16.0.0.588

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dpuzse
0.30.10.952

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
11.20150715

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Sien
15.4.13.10

Sophos
PUA 'Live Soft Action' (of type Adware)
5.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40828

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.242143
2.0.0.2136

File size:
913.9 KB (935,856 bytes)

Product version:
9.13.4.1

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoft_Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\singer brilliance 5500 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/8/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/9/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction, O=LiveSoftAction, STREET="64-66, Mezzanine", STREET=Dionisie Lupu Street, L=Bucharest, S=ROMANIA, PostalCode=010458, C=RO

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

Serial number:
0DB89F49425D87D205160442DA55CE38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 2:23:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:r2oSaf5lTlufs3zjVpx1NsOG6/1mfWuBzT02xyJPy0p:r2oSaf5lTlufs3PVpx16cpEzTRgJa

Entry address:
0x251600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 58, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E7, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9090

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
816 KB (835,584 bytes)

The file singer brilliance 5500 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.fastinstallwiz.com/api/.../setup.exe

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