weather bug setup.exe

DarwenDLM Downloader

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 weather bug setup.exe, “Web 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.
Publisher:
DarwenDLM  (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
DarwenDLM Downloader

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34970

MD5:
f6e92d63f53d7e0fae323d34c08334c7

SHA-1:
35666f318aff024589e3d9f43e5723f02d68beea

SHA-256:
31ce6a9563ec33518e763ed25604f5942657293bc1f317c328a4f02bbb479088

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:
4/16/2025 1:32:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.11.13.10

File size:
691.7 KB (708,320 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34970

Copyright:
DarwenDLM

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 6:59:59 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:s5NvGPJa76BMfZ1lkxlA/QximVKaqZ6fTxxX6r/Jndm2MBF5dC9a:s5NvSoSMRvQQmimxqr/NdBM989a

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:
7.8918

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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