child_safeguard.exe

Halana

InstallFlash (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application child_safeguard.exe, “Halana Setup ” by InstallFlash (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.
Publisher:

Product:
Halana

Description:
Halana Setup

Version:
4.2.1.7

MD5:
88551529edbae45999d6ab433aeb5514

SHA-1:
1efb46825bdabcf2f596e809c4c9bb130e749338

SHA-256:
7dc36c402aa19f41ed9c44fe55d77706d1a5e63622c007aaba80e4998e4fc5be

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:
11/16/2024 3:43:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.8.24.7

File size:
930.2 KB (952,512 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.9

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\child_safeguard.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 1:06:25 AM

Valid to:
6/8/2016 3:35:22 AM

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

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

Serial number:
112118D12CDC9140CD3952184E51D0811E3D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 10:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VAFy0+Yov6cYMCTNpu0ZWAyY+Ni09k1UwPjWW:W4pYol30N3ZuFi0qD

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9301

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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