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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bodyranchtag.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:
39ffb5ccdab5e215f23e2d7680152c91

SHA-1:
f284f5e98eb92695addd5f7111de2ee3285515c0

SHA-256:
fdc0990c1973808366c9658387b44247551bf9aa42590761eead63b93934ada6

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:
11/6/2024 10:19:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.16.7

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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\ares setup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/25/2015 8:37:49 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2016 8:37:49 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 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dzUYA+88/qxmNIqyIHgVRP0zKfyxHQr98X:dzZANMgmuvIu8w

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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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 2 URLs.

http://www.bodyranchtag.com/c?x=J5FqJ6/krmTl8wc1nQwM8FU46FShOTuzWpMJxqAQyus=&c=Ku1Bp6SLUAX7vG7teYD7mhNUwY2w2tbIP2EcYrhF0/.../kF0U0M4GVhgQeAbP4bQquaSWlM2A==&downloadAs=Ares Setup.exe

http://www.tagsignsclear.com/c?x=G7xYWzETgsyl7yzIJAWWg60KQzeR d7m1CddMNk5xwc=&c=f3nvleM2xt/GZjuijqs Aw9C6ZxXINo0 2NE8PkLTVOQQb1u0RUTBI5uiiZuyaj7RxdV6V6aO8l NdwbvfrGw3r8e6Gzs0vF2vkoy6EiolgwlVfmeirVLS/.../cykTvWGL4m1T98PIO1Pichg==&downloadAs=Ares Setup.exe

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