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Soft Installer Program

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application c.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.contentpresentfactory.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:
034b8bad73038efd6b7cf212a99a8c66

SHA-1:
88a8ab9d4f0d5b895b5982d411b9fe7910dccf03

SHA-256:
9a7027895ca38d2c154009573541770fa3bc7768e2e7671824afd88e44cfe03d

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 10:37:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
15.12.27.8

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}\c.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:
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 c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.contentpresentfactory.com/c?x=9q6tGgk6JXZfXLUzuexbXDOQrvdKl2PGTXw34jhwqv4=&c=rqfojBqpim08VFFOJZZPk7yp1f1aDkPNp/Ff6p4zfnqeZWRC/a/GrU38gzuPkyvxnu3XYVK7me36koI vb1Xh27oZhzATX9/QVPBYny5BwLsFQajvFsmTAGF3s7tbdfPNOz2//gZZwXD1/wuw2iA5A==&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

http://www.dldeliverygrab.com/c?x=DUSC3Wrx2TvwaCWyZg28SJhFwNrwj1idq8BMR5XOTXs=&c=7iVCSvjS4/2un6YRWaHtEczGGRSeSd9cf/CkCX9q ZkAMfYoGHy ROTxjEg CPkJjXdHJb8AfN3a k4huNzYX4uYnp7fu3GWYYqSgiaQb59xU33TGDtxqR/iANx7Sa/Kf 6rKJx1wdfXe9PQALcqUQ==&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

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