tabs setup.exe

Mupebus

Download Helper

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application tabs setup.exe, “Mupebus Setup ” by Download Helper 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Fob   (signed by Download Helper)

Product:
Mupebus

Description:
Mupebus Setup

Version:
3.2.5.6

MD5:
6446c6119021763e2f4457d8c6b0d2c9

SHA-1:
b395ed9e3c71e46d7a800dc13cd77d05aac1d420

SHA-256:
5b96dbaa2eecdd14d45dfddb429c1ec7941c2ea3a9e4f4c8d4854e2d0ccf0759

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:39:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.16.7

File size:
1.2 MB (1,225,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/18/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, OU=IT, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
6B209A9997D0FC2C4CF9896912DC9418

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

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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Entropy:
7.9846

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.quickbitsdownloads.com/bvvpJAIZPnFJUqo7L4pE8eIRCWyf4aV9f0PQTWqMsVEJJzYYeh3wgTJRjlAHmaDXHNP8HC1m1N9aE0t1uUKxy7fpPRFgPsE5CwNG4xuRn9rhnb5q8O I2mhY6uRGUOyzVQjmlaIH5jERIpjH5LRMUvZBdKRhI40aaJeXHwxkA75KpqcNhSaXaEPLDbJTKvgcGX0HlxmMnNx0v8pG4K7YJRMk9Y02YQ==-Gy4AAERPFtsFIREqoQg20cYGbMCBSwk9LThsjJ0rGrTa7Ut0GJslboKwEPbkoob8BA==

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