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skype_setup.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application skype_setup.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-file.downloadinfo.co.

File name:

skype_setup.exe

Publisher:

Quick Downloader (signed and verified)

MD5:

17909524511ccfd1ce0a8c73000b5903

SHA-1:

67008b7e148a6594844172a97942882b78c4fb9e

SHA-256:

8eb2a9fccc1f8ab6b0e96fa47f744334247d80ba67010d88f06a0f01dd9b21ed

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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/15/2024 4:32:57 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adlogica.QuickDow.Bundler (M)

16.7.9.0

File size:

750.2 KB (768,240 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\skype_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quick Downloader

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

8/7/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/8/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00886E74060345A7D9DD833C2ADF305E49

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:wfspT/+KegmFVG6Hu2iqsaelTEldwCJE/W+R9JSrYbSoZadA7oaJi+j4OIol5GcK:wfsBEgmHG6HTsianbSobl42pK

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:

7.8832

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://download-file.downloadinfo.co/download/.../vlosnof90g25sonkefv7mpnc4ol9e3jncrgv9ssdcb3v7tr0n3d1

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