chrome.exe

Program Web

MaxAgile (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application chrome.exe, “Program Web 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:
Prog   (signed by MaxAgile (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Program Web

Description:
Program Web Setup

Version:
5.6.3.1

MD5:
2ab4bf94544f16781de21b9e4a6f9d67

SHA-1:
7d4613b2a28f2f57dcfef329c7fe65f81a3dd2df

SHA-256:
d2cd8870af78e7d9aa46a16531a9e86255e6e9016c62206064d490eb895a582e

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 12:39:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.2.27.13

File size:
914.4 KB (936,320 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.5

Copyright:
Web Program

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
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:f/eQjPd8sFZ5cl09ehq2xv9PogN/AaI2Bs7oDwl6I2jysio/:f/RbDS2EqM7lhDwlr2jysp

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)

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