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steamsetup.exe

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The application steamsetup.exe, “Internet Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Application

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

MD5:
30383e445eccd75ddcf1de8b61326b0c

SHA-1:
68aa277c9608acf258f7c3ef1bcac7e1cb604295

SHA-256:
e1e06b25b9243dc0214aebe5c939c63ad1aed4b923a831d4bd64012ea45033f1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:25:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RES (M)
16.8.10.8

File size:
686.5 KB (703,026 bytes)

Product version:
3.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fWqaPt8B600Bw0jp1JbvwTdrNMXgaDTrXm5+VC0YnKeC3nQBS:fWqmtU6Lwi7JKNUDW5EYnxg

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8882

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://real-goal.info/?dl=1&pi=ATnRAT73NzndNi==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1z2rVP SD0 T1z2dVl2kDzcj1QDyDphXAmD3vpDZ0m rcWDK4m7dAWVVAm7dREhKVuvmAWASDChTMm7dlChV8FAT7dNjCwOTnm7K2pDZ1fATgRNTLdNzMyAw==&pd=2323UmxJ2d4t7XswcyFj d0=&campaignId=9jn0AznyOZC4AZMq

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