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WebDiscover Browser

Web Bar Media

The application discover_setup.exe, “WebDiscover Browser Setup ” by Web Bar Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from getdiscoverbrowser.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
WebDiscover Media   (signed by Web Bar Media)

Product:
WebDiscover Browser

Description:
WebDiscover Browser Setup

MD5:
c4f1059d5060fba2c334e8ac847559b3

SHA-1:
a5c53a95f45524156f65c6cce6767bd97902a0d1

SHA-256:
60ecf6e9150a7c56677f430aee23960870caa6fd9ae4cf33d3735e77d207a993

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.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 2:14:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebBarMedia.Installer (M)
15.11.27.20

File size:
40.6 MB (42,554,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.209.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Bar Media

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/5/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Bar Media, O=Web Bar Media, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0F7B7C7A3031BA614438E5A48FF24DD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 3:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:GYz9bseK8ZZtxc6IxKIVMGkBJTTc6uS7xt0mWpYy53Zg62bvCsVI8:GYz9bXZZVI4IWGkB20xt0mWFiZbtVI8

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9970

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file discover_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://getdiscoverbrowser.com/Discover_Setup.exe

http://cdn.off-100.com/downloads/offers/.../Discover_Setup_Yahoo_Test.exe

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