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abiword setup.exe

Soft Installer Program

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application abiword setup.exe, “Soft Installer Program Setup ” by Media Theory (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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.grabpresentapplication.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

abiword setup.exe

Publisher:

Software Installer Web (signed by Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd))

Product:

Soft Installer Program

Description:

Soft Installer Program Setup

Version:

2.6.5.3

MD5:

518e8f3db7a81fb130c1fea16af6642a

SHA-1:

9d30abad682e955ca45cca511832cb112305e71e

SHA-256:

20870f68ea264a6051e369cc36de8ef27087e693e7a8add3adb7a77a624c8784

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/6/2024 10:37:18 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)

15.12.27.17

File size:

959.7 KB (982,776 bytes)

Product version:

2.6.1

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\abiword setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

5/25/2015 7:37:49 AM

Valid to:

5/25/2016 7:37:49 AM

Subject:

CN=Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd), O=Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121BA944A31E4793A274CC4ADECFF1E7349

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:BzUYA+88/qxmNIqyIHgVRP0zKfyxHQr98X:BzZANMgmuvIu8w

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:

7.9334

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file abiword setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.grabpresentapplication.com/c?x=0nOiAeVjMAM5NLKGCj2nY9TWvN1dN64i4Qo/JbRtOTo=&c=RFth7bA6iidlW8nlHMs 7KhbHzIxCAKb1Hc1Esxfr4SJEg9ugZcy4xDi8JYAEXgG5B327xAaDyKq6zAZ6mOwYkRr2xWTOpEV yBTOl2aYNNDudPeUziJgxQihdxPWrUeUKy5gWosO3CyoaYzAhTWZg==&downloadAs=AbiWord Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

http://www.megatourapplications.com/c?x=5YvqRJOSq2hkIdqLhuCuSOpyU89ucloHU1PKkWcD49E=&c=EF8MF1lvuSeVisPWe/0ZGtvP1zB6/ByhA7itzQqZMOQqupQy00XOQc97zK2ADV4F1FqQKR3vLzqkPorr2kwLIxqySXgM8LqmfYy8N/w3sMAVpD2roEWP8FAdPKP2Jo0qyc7axuCvKFYkxbWVpgKOJQ==&downloadAs=AbiWord Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

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