winrar setup.exe

Lite Application program

Silver Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application winrar setup.exe, “Lite Application program Setup ” by Silver Setup (Fried Cookie) 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 setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Silver Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Lite Application program

Description:
Lite Application program Setup

MD5:
ad72184f6c87a1f474b5d562cbf626db

SHA-1:
74bdccad7e0f5e6a4a652bcf0cf99e899bf859eb

SHA-256:
d76efd58469175fc6a470d3fc3b2d19d3cf9de057c886ce27c0ad98b6c1f4a73

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 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:
11/28/2024 10:27:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.18.13

File size:
960.3 KB (983,336 bytes)

Product version:
4.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\winrar setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 10:13:58 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 11:33:54 AM

Subject:
CN=Silver Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Silver Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112140334915ED026A82D6160FD4F0BAD4D4

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:cjLQxDY7vIIFPos4pgo779C2+U4vihJtZoR6AJ4yhggigajMxh:cv/7vrwsGn79sliXoH4yhggiga8

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 winrar setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.appsgiftgrab.com/c?x=BVI/ CK50LPsguzty9JPFX1 P7G78vH72vPzU3SeBvo=&c=C33ZVD VTdH4k8NbxjAoOo12U7LKGFBiySSHnJs22xmHCvldRS/hHT4oa64v1oiU/ZSZ78v/frkx/.../19YH02NcDz1LRVXaMHGf6Lz25d0VEEhf0n5ETyBvbZ XfjLt&downloadAs=WinRAR Setup.exe

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