utorrent setup.exe

Bage

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 utorrent setup.exe, “Bage 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.towngiftchuckle.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
bd3fa592ed73c5b47ca9ffcb01a2e2c3

SHA-1:
2b0b991054ffae9e2ec14dc994045a537c4d366f

SHA-256:
2b94567b2c6c9fc1825f2bdbc853bde0a512693b0a090af762444db746dac875

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:
11/1/2024 8:33:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.9.20

File size:
1013.4 KB (1,037,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2017 8:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:CZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

Entry address:
0x9C40

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file utorrent setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 20 URLs.

http://www.towngiftchuckle.com/c?x=Qw36f215k bb0hTvk PkldP B8ESkGEBEe0lKOMDuPM=&c=kgtW0dXZHLusFo05PfusgjE/eqMujrZN1IHw5b czkaOtJvgMX9OIqWy5UXsGPzTTSqPAZj8o GV1geWQaBrwh1koKHN5G SgSFVA9SgVC9OCVH/.../wOA&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=OwsO cjcyMZV/5xAEkqXoVQszrYDi2mPBXMHDaTu7zQ=&c=vhoYdKyYEPBRdoox7GE/t2O1VwZUWJQXOpHp8xZQxDq81kdv7ZweNws sPEkn6TfeAyrHGulFrjM/.../UvsF8MVqhlTBW49XYQzoab4C lyXLpEf&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

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