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MaxAgile (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application chrome.exe, “Application Setup ” by MaxAgile (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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Program   (signed by MaxAgile (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.6.2.2

MD5:
24a75d75c0d86a6d0b6ad782e04232e2

SHA-1:
751531443b33ccf4bdcd8008ef0b9dd839d93351

SHA-256:
3c479205ad47259a09426ff55e029066e2e142b1d2719041026857f48e01743b

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 12:37:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.3.14.7

File size:
947 KB (969,712 bytes)

Product version:
5.3

Copyright:
Installer Application Internet

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}\chrome.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/6/2015 6:15:09 AM

Valid to:
5/6/2016 6:15:09 AM

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

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

Serial number:
11211CEEF3464D93C12050D0BF10B3611F89

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:d+Wa3L2leA/TZUyz7o1g85Xed98PdpjqT4:dr2L2leA/9N7Mgeev8Pvjx

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.signscyclebinaries.com/c?x=IthUQr KSXvy2/q7k7IaAQfdhzNiM3PR3UOGrrzBOFA=&c=/TKEBt88tHznON8kIqP4LlQwuMmUX7p2u9FbR13t/OLMU3zhx7Dma/M3yIF69/DMJ/IEEn1D47IGHUURZjuz emhmck3buMgz556Een/8pZw/pky7Bil0Qt0zmzFooPpUi017YjT0lUoxeHiJUz7Sw==&downloadAs=chrome.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../ChromeStandaloneSetup_34.0.1847.116.exe

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