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Max Criteria (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application c.exe, “Generic Setup ” by Max Criteria (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.townappdelivery.com.
Publisher:
Installer Program Software   (signed by Max Criteria (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

Version:
2.7.5.6

MD5:
d6a2e2087b512f4e1b0201de791e96cc

SHA-1:
31e80bb0d12ac85ae6ebe7807e99c9717760407d

SHA-256:
67ef24dd97358d9ab5e3ddd3383e732b9ce131ec1f468bc48f4a844c1b4203d0

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:
12/27/2024 7:15:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.4.2

File size:
946.2 KB (968,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.2

Copyright:
Generic

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\c.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Criteria (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 12:45:30 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 5:30:43 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121BACE632783DC06E036DCE1D36E1F3AE0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4tEv13apWutlTPNv9dxz0jmpqy+pL+qrv8Ypq2E4V435:4yxv+Z9dxImMyo+qVbg5

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 c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.townappdelivery.com/c?x=2SPY ZL2eb9Yk4jgGsL2xxyPC24eFL3AJ2tOY2v30bY=&c=KcJZ/ZtpsbD07SKA9Dle1iu2MKSJ3039eAw3XbFBIwdBog 1P4C35hVePMMinL7PROi4WgPJVjFKhAuEJQ gWlU316k dReEJiAz8EyCo6xjA2Fg9Z9ZLK25 licmxbeX4sO0FwFSQT/Ldu2Q/3zLQ==&fallback_url=http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gparted/gparted-live-stable/.../gparted-live-0.24.0-2-i586.iso&downloadAs=GParted-13209-dp.exe

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