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ares setup.exe

Soft Installer Program

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application ares 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.megatourapplications.com and multiple other hosts.
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:
f1fcfea1c7b2ee2ef3b537098dc25f90

SHA-1:
cd9c407240d719d643f7048677a7a81ff22a2e98

SHA-256:
3cb74f9742e64f14450c787c21064dbaefa07abda573fc12f5058ecac25a4521

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 10:26:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
15.12.25.7

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\inetcache\ie\{random}\ares setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/25/2015 6:37:49 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2016 6:37:49 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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uzUYA+88/qxmNIqyIHgVRP0zKfyxHQr98X:uzZANMgmuvIu8w

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9334

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file ares setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

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