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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.updatefunpresent.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
833a8e89eddc702b507fb1c81c53b126

SHA-1:
d2b2772bca8758acf6795eabcad1649ca898b120

SHA-256:
3376e0a6c252f931845a855997d1ae7afd28b82b0e9d3775819284907c8b593a

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:
11/27/2024 8:59:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.11.6

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
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 9:00:00 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:VqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:VZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

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_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=hCqupSGllpszUTk2qMKF15m5NFnHxAHyfq3VwNfjl84=&c=iibf1yloNhe5 IxQ8aD Oz8gRYp1eAQSUonIE7fSz2dFnnAfFECpgF65j4JERTssZm2lbjUVaddc6nXyZvaR1as7LuMlnhOtxx5wSdyLNO/.../TkhPsSsbZdpQQjW&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

http://www.metapresenttours.com/c?x=4UET4yG rjfuW/IXBgot4jcqAAFRh5nRWjRlsAJH90=&c=YPKZY6yaeJ08KcofLL5 f D4vuyuL1/geayOkSLtnTVyelkzhsc6bbC58hxa0YnUUbvhGKKccb7zB1uic4/.../IlyRF5Qm hrhQOGMZDUROtb4jO tsB&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

http://www.cyclecitytown.com/.../mKDNg3EQEBTNmMAygKbJGq77HDwHWV5nqtzGX8UNRVdt&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=7t7M2QuJntmJYH3N2T83dFQC596evt5K2/VU/lHhcOU=&c=MExnS9BSZbrc0bbrdMuplFz/.../u7RDad5 3Y0S9ZH1PkYgM7HJc3mNfuyPTBFjuhXR&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe

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