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:
06e27e6d3ffb4807b41dcccd23a896c7

SHA-1:
7d88cc664335789cdf35e9c9d2cdc89bffa63d6e

SHA-256:
9fe21600d430cbbb5e4054ba840a0ea8a79d92dcdc94a8328743529bfd5ffa82

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 6:21:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.8.20.8

File size:
759.3 KB (777,528 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

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/3/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/3/2016 7:59:59 PM

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:
10/4/2014 10:41:51 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9dO55C9Yi5wtC7P/0H6NsBOny6Wk/FP9QNNfM6qvzxb5pNJj4K9ZJ36V2LBeFC/J:9dKcJGtCD/tNsIPWk/FP9chJYzh5Xh4i

Entry address:
0x1EFE20

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9213

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
748 KB (765,952 bytes)

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