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Application Internet

Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application chromesetup.exe, “Application Internet Setup ” by Silver Setup (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:
Internet   (signed by Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application Internet

Description:
Application Internet Setup

Version:
1.1.3.6

MD5:
7dda57f973805d7979b615cd67527459

SHA-1:
f69a40ae278a9c74e4a3527aa23c320051948cb2

SHA-256:
3f2be452cd7d3badf4a73b5262f59198af50b2859cb3b56e21475311e2452265

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 6:52:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.21.0

File size:
941.4 KB (963,968 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.8

Copyright:
Software installer

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}\chromesetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 5:34:48 AM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 11:57:01 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121DDF3CFBD99D884DDB3ED223CAEDE3723

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UgqbCj63x0zTD+pSlHPMmDhlqsJyx82eckVQC:UgG3S7gSembD0xTkVQC

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:
7.9327

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.towerclearvault.com/c?x=iHKJcvUQwy1qs9dZSTx1MwZwTBqFgOnJv vjK5nondE=&c=iqmxi6fMRojELH9l21gLnwrhddCsTnHEXt ipNCAd1e Cmn60flbGLl6A9Lo3Yfu9SYaz53YfTN4G78qhhGxPsBwJwU EqF AXFqF7P2S cVEAIoLwzTJzvJUcmFpKM5n4y/2PVRfgOS/k0ZPA8 BA==&downloadAs=ChromeSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://windows.ratedfreeware.com/uploads/.../ChromeSetup.exe

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