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Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application -_.exe, “Installer Application Setup ” by Silver Setup (New Media Holdings) 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 file has been seen being downloaded from www.presentnowcapital.com.
Publisher:
Web   (signed by Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Installer Application

Description:
Installer Application Setup

Version:
2.4.3.6

MD5:
967c9f705f449811d8fc019e4b5c8123

SHA-1:
db7d252ca1a0419e92743281b0d9f79d8942fe4a

SHA-256:
532c8928c4ac8b2954a9716801bb101555fd2430c12c74403bad65eb8e867d1f

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:
11/15/2024 10:49:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.12.2

File size:
930.7 KB (953,000 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.5

Copyright:
Installer Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 5:34:48 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 10:57:01 PM

Subject:
CN=Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121DDF3CFBD99D884DDB3ED223CAEDE3723

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+HWxZX7CM5TGuRvtZ2WuDsvnGTgVt/ivWwM:+HIhCM5K8vtnlBIuv

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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Entropy:
7.9260

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.presentnowcapital.com/c?x=MP7 2nZhlWnPxHGlCAF7CALerkIhEjimP SBqsoQBgc=&c=QErOrCNhMXaHxJ9zsrFYozW2bDgTXye1sQqBUWAyibsfaDWOABVbGVbAGlBGFwOAPvIODeeS9k4Nv8BnkRzB e z5xi6wvJgElCiPgFzAtQLAMD8a5u dQiqPRGcWPnS&downloadAs=-_.exe&fallback_url=http://.../setup1.19.exe

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