setup.exe

Zoobam

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Zoobam 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation  (signed by Zoobam)

Product:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation

Version:
84.2.2.9204

MD5:
967bd3fd56315157e8bcc947c43f6fb0

SHA-1:
4f5fdcd11cc5bd3a5c26816a905dd4a853f231b3

SHA-256:
90c14c660d287f9e965db3fe39f07b7d1846eb999fea219a06c9b98e4d3a3e70

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:
5/19/2024 5:52:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.8.28.22

File size:
758.3 KB (776,512 bytes)

Product version:
84.2.2.9204

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/4/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zoobam, O=Zoobam, L=San Francisco, S=California, 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:
311DC1BBB26CA79EF9567C60DC69E79A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 9:58:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:U7xi5x03/LoR+xR1ZRjYoPML56WxxGui5zYMs7hXURzsMKfxcPT8DosTVlwz90eh:Cx6rEzPM16WxxTi8xUiMKfxcYDF5Qo+r

Entry address:
0x1EFAE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9227

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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