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skypesetup.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 skypesetup.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 downloader2.downloadinfo.co.
Publisher:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cfe57a7ddffb2bbe9590d9d1e4d52fc7

SHA-1:
2eb19fefc5c75a11b7894bcd32f7fdd398f94028

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 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:
12/25/2024 12:40:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica (M)
16.7.29.4

File size:
666.7 KB (682,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\skypesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/8/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/9/2014 3:59:59 AM

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:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OOyMJfsGHkG2bDBh8hv6c9P0ClNI2GwyA4gRVdeZ+GCxxRjLOWj9RBGu9:OOyMJfs2n2bV+icl0Cc26gR3JGCbRjL/

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8165

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://downloader2.downloadinfo.co/download.php?id=c78d4cea467af8c88eb24161a2fc3a35a48a7340&z=0&p=eyJweSI6ImRpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJpbiIsIm8iOiJ3aW54cCIsImIiOiJjaDMxIiwidV9pZCI6ImRpXzUyOTllOGIzZjAwZmIwLjY5NjkxNDI5IiwicGFfaWQiOiIwIiwic3RfaWQiOiIwIiwic3BfaWQiOiIwMDAwLTAwMDAiLCJ0cyI6MTM4NTgxODI5Miwia3ciOiJza3lwZSBmcmVlIGRvd25sb2FkcyIsImN1Ijoic2t5cGUgZnJlZSBkb3dubG9hZHMiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

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