7zip.exe

Menat

BeamMode (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application 7zip.exe, “Menat Setup ” by BeamMode (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.towertodayfactory.com.
Publisher:
BeamMode (New Media Holdings Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Menat

Description:
Menat Setup

MD5:
218d8606d427bd16a1277a534a85556f

SHA-1:
d6320d162563b7ef27c7bdcf6c2e92f7662e18df

SHA-256:
2f771776a649d4fd75b550a158a760b9ba8f4c1e2f9fad11ebb7c63ebbfcf158

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:
11/23/2024 8:30:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
17.3.11.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,260,288 bytes)

Product version:
5.5.5

Copyright:
Lite

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}\7zip.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/16/2016 11:03:31 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2017 10:25:03 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121DF93F5866DBC0812750F7AC8C58CCE8C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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:
7.9849

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file 7zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.towertodayfactory.com/HRsTedPpYB4ONS3a3PF9yJcPLqWsV3WUzcIk0J_euoDMjWHfeahM nZPAvhfML_6Q5vbxD5s0UCeEcadynSGC6_6bf1MNdcxrU6879t47uy2VSnPbaDb t3xAXdcnIzyiYySb7AlTYL3WMTuhUtV KR3xqVdBrQPRBYcVOTy0QUv6qxAG W35iDi9A1c288uRQCN_6t8XoFzltzcCUenu2cgxuT3kk2xDYhZ0WhBtXab2dvIJ0Jk0TZSBZNq tpqNhTun 5MJXlUt5kLmrKp5g3HcH_T2SCZPvkFSlvW3dY_WQy4ycpgLb7CuHXxyhrCO5EMU99bLUIAtgflmFP2yIbKjilPnTCVH1m4KcjyfnPh303DUpqoSBTbO3bGd04W1ExyZ_uV9 P__ 5THztawbxHyYPFp1mp6Pp7IxeH_p oJGkDnbZQI44AEZLv5rvxZV060N nbi0Y5jaVEY_t FvvG1iLXiBM3FpxKlZliKmb_oeFM9B2l uLqxyEWqXbpmRDJ77glx9yOWjmkK_fEJeCMBH7lA==-ixaAaHR0cDovL3d3dy5maWxlZ29hdC5jb20vN3ppcC9iaW5hcnkvN3oxNjAyLmV4ZQM=

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