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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:
62da65248c8f451e7ad8a807b62565f7

SHA-1:
ea1dc03c506c6c98319e34a3ea259c57fb4120fe

SHA-256:
019592ffacd9b7d2e22861cf2add94a9ee5f3cc0af813f5b706131f7b4002a5d

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:
12/26/2024 7:17:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.8.9

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\inetcache\ie\{random}\chrome.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/6/2015 2:45:09 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2016 2:45:09 PM

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:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:A/eQjPd8sFZ5cl09ehq2xv9PogN/AaI2Bs7oDwl6I2jysio/:A/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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Entropy:
7.9229

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=4osvO0gzfFZvLDB3bl9WS4axoxKzsBawmNi yuKqDO8=&c=jAemA0pkXqMXqaSGkK4KsW6uADWQ1oJfPef sKjayQ9wZDGNc2X9asNXLKAT5cby2I9juye/36BnAQnWSfFSEsqT/6o SWyxiA2LYso4zojaq85NZW/ABXjUZPV0E6WXNbQCZ2KHCETiP0JEagZfwg==&downloadAs=chrome.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../ChromeStandaloneSetup_34.0.1847.116.exe

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