home

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 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader 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 downloader2.downloadinfo.co.
Publisher:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e9d513f1812befff4d9281403fb63ee8

SHA-1:
f45b71ee871774bdcb78aa8a1837b93b089ebb0e

SHA-256:
a038e077b75b445834ed0745b73e4c1a2954d179a1aafc6e444b2118f7d4c576

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
11/23/2024 8:18:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
160727-0

AVG
Adware InstallCore.WH
2015.0.4604

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.QuickDow.Bundler (M)
16.7.28.12

File size:
639.6 KB (654,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/8/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/8/2014 11:59:59 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:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QyMJfsG0f8Qe7AHvVhDiA1/NG4mYegrgqBjszwIAkr6s7N4l4r6ds:QyMJfsbTe7crf1oLhghBjsznAkrZ7xss

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8191

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=eyJweSI6ImRpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJpbiIsIm8iOiJ3aW43IiwiYiI6ImNoMzEiLCJ1X2lkIjoiZGlfNTJhNDNhNjgxNDE1YjYuNjE5OTczNjkiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjAiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzg2NDk0NTY4LCJrdyI6InNreXBlIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWRpbmciLCJjdSI6InNreXBlIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWRpbmciLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

Remove skypesetup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.