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utorrent setup.exe

Generic program

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, “Generic program Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Internet Installer   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Generic program

Description:
Generic program Setup

MD5:
caaf536da4b2fafaf28b89d88e4f1922

SHA-1:
f3f0ecd1fa193467e2d7f3e416c71e5cc0c39ec0

SHA-256:
28459119a9da24adb7b5991cc6f27ce0b460f7e915216979ea624645d42b2269

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
12/26/2024 1:09:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.A.249
3.6.1.96

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3073

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21553

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.YS potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11384

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15395

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMarketing.Installer (M)
15.6.19.16

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0228
7.2.170

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
38810

File size:
675.4 KB (691,656 bytes)

Product version:
5.4

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
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 5:59:59 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:
4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9/kGY74xUW3aoNpZ800qN0DOdIeUpUV8nqjy3FcPDtwK00HvLAdjlqXJb3AY:9/kF8/t6I+DSUpUWmo2uK00PEXqXiY

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.8891

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://downtoad.com/landing/google/.../download.php

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