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utorrent.exe

Installer

Soft Web

The application utorrent.exe, “Installer Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.megasignapplication.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Soft Web

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
3bb4060dd1a7180b244c61352cd14b2e

SHA-1:
27eed68cfedbae091186b323c96218e8627b8db1

SHA-256:
70a651aca720225611113c40b235d1a568df8ec1aa189abd0eb17d807314a076

Scanner detections:
2 / 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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 5:04:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACY.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.1.15.17

File size:
918 KB (939,984 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3Erv1So8AgrtXMpxMIvNGSTKfz7Q0al4BwuGOciU8SMWgQyuwwLG:3cNSoSJXM/MIFvTKfI0aGwTO5U8SMWXo

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file utorrent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.megasignapplication.com/c?x=xrsF9hU3yYXm4OgKV 6hV9/w/YA3TIetR6xkSUkro7I=&c=yMeNGvivQdHSPOr1mZBgDDPrswWbcBf5Ihm0zrWkBCRZO5mSzK5Rhvmc2rdtyfB5kcbeWMHvfrI6L1U7MGO/wcOvM4kejfFBkyQBDgT4aaQRsGVzQ/49DWoR zm53y886MeKJ/9B4buHpR4vO5EnOQ==&fallback_url=http://storage.dobreprogramy.pl/.../uTorrent.exe&downloadAs=uTorrent-13270-dp.exe

http://download.ap.bittorrent.com/track/beta/endpoint/utorrent/.../windows

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