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spotify setup.exe

Lotacepab

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application spotify setup.exe, “Lotacepab Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.hostgifthead.com.
Publisher:
Falusose   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Lotacepab

Description:
Lotacepab Setup

Version:
3.8.4.4

MD5:
2a84388a531771aa3759648766be13b2

SHA-1:
8ad8dd46f53294ba3846e99cd2dafa5c16c55ace

SHA-256:
620b0c0e547269f116e693c9000f423709ffc07484a7ed7f9cd6017d867bd333

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:
11/27/2024 9:26:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.5.15.23

File size:
1014.8 KB (1,039,128 bytes)

Product version:
3.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J1UD+IEILGTewEIKzX68O/ad5gF2SYq/6QgsyQE3Jt7tU8LwIbYwe:Je6IEIqCnzK8sUCF2hsyb3JhtXbf

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.hostgifthead.com/c?x=Mm2uoYQAcpme16pH2RYEANgCTOc3aqk K6FkVMz7 Mk=&c=huoAktpnCRJuRdZx4w4RdEK0euC3UsPPiIzP3WNirC3iG/.../aq2H4ALCvKpFENyDoFZp6t98FWKk4JXqMC4giDJl8M eZkCwnn ePwQj3QddijXTLLMdws64SVDei463 piOih5KchlJPkWNyIGSN0ZDkE66xIZz6wMa0=&e=0&downloadAs=Spotify Setup.exe

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