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whitesmoke_ignitioninstaller.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application whitesmoke_ignitioninstaller.exe by Ignition Installer has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from content.ignitioninstaller.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
27fe097077ecf6a81fb4af0559a2f122

SHA-1:
4d7903c48c58f2776561dbc6befa809c98ee9016

SHA-256:
0d6a7896add04f8c0cd6326011fe2559fec0334a609554f6cac70b0384be366d

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/4/2024 5:01:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2039
9.0.1.0358

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Verti (variant)
8.9548

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IgnitionInstaller.FF
14.12.24.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Ignition Installer
27430

File size:
223.3 KB (228,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ignition Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1FD055D1404C62D90F067E086F0FADAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yQq0hhggzleiqZ1tePsTYoFyhOcfLSBdH80:1vgol5qZ+kT3yhF2BR80

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8086

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://content.ignitioninstaller.com/stub/.../Whitesmoke_IgnitionInstaller.exe

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