» steam_setup.exe
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Analysis
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steam_setup.exe

Steam

Software Assistant

The application steam_setup.exe by Software Assistant has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.

File name:

steam_setup.exe

Publisher:

Software Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Steam

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

ede19bed87abef1bb96fa96f7319e855

SHA-1:

423cc654ffb63ce98fd65eb99f0ddf6cf3d70044

SHA-256:

ddf36d8cf4c4988a09db1b26b65f5554d8622effe9ea7cf7fa4ad2137c052b85

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Analysis date:

11/24/2024 4:36:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

17.3.12.2

File size:

1.1 MB (1,136,544 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.154

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Software Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/5/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/6/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Software Assistant, O=Software Assistant, L=Newark, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

6E81181925B378772EC89B6B1E523E5F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 3:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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