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firefox setup.exe

Soft Installer Program

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application firefox setup.exe, “Soft Installer Program Setup ” by Media Theory (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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Software Installer Web   (signed by Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd))

Product:
Soft Installer Program

Description:
Soft Installer Program Setup

Version:
2.6.5.3

MD5:
929ad18c2bb57ac2edf7c0b19b12f5df

SHA-1:
643213270931260d028ad5b914f99ae18b35da5d

SHA-256:
677a4b317e425f8bcc768574b65a641cc26d6679c86fbc1b727e50eaafed3f8c

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 11:37:35 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
15.12.24.9

File size:
959.7 KB (982,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.1

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}\firefox setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/25/2015 5:37:49 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2016 5:37:49 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121BA944A31E4793A274CC4ADECFF1E7349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KzUYA+88/qxmNIqyIHgVRP0zKfyxHQr98X:KzZANMgmuvIu8w

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:
7.9334

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file firefox setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.megatourapplications.com/c?x=nl0iOmn kwZg0bcpaNWAt/3QKEQEXq iq7GAsE6DY3c=&c=y52skGu Vz9D/3eUljawzidQq9l3RtoYV0BBEl6PX2H1mVh/HUE3xzTDnDCqJzvZvMz8VGnBI0KjFPsguEBxAsqP7ySGt7QhVQP3Y06fnujIXuEFLV2UhdshRy87oEiK8JgzPn41uEW6iQ2 RuxyRA==&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

http://www.megatourapplications.com/c?x=tj65W2nGWsrd2Lo3sb3/0g3cJCjtzoa8fgizLgrDMX8=&c=RCKw9BgBy npL2clrJE0fanXmdsjdGqTl99p/UdAD/cnCOoevFlzHq0EFB92IL 7Cp1BecGcJAbRmFS2Gg6PsAE1v2EHdKwgG3SARGO//xCV/ii7jQAh4tMqzLH2WQ/uxtDW/PXTQLDGdRQbFPfpfg==&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

http://www.grabpresentapplication.com/c?x=P4FM5wi/4nK/6tBqUpTKoxRMAt3FnRi1w3Iaf4wtQ1I=&c=rLHhIAa9Nd2NTvivBc2R8ayc/2bZnLV9tQYDCBWtCQvL3L4znI9QSQyXrRC2cJzmjtsAVoHc1fEhYA4UX7vYzxZX5SURCDE7f S3VAI92wTN6rOXIwNbXg5C0Az4Q3 0jL HNoWmswgjC/mh3HaKHQ==&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree3.com/landers/.../download.php

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