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firefox_setup.exe

Sosa

Agile Install (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application firefox_setup.exe, “Sosa Setup ” by Agile Install (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 the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Agile Install (New Media Holdings Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Sosa

Description:
Sosa Setup

Version:
1.8.4.4

MD5:
8354f77c8817fbf067741dbd9772e96f

SHA-1:
b2dd54b2bb4cdf08026315c8542daca72289d4d0

SHA-256:
72a81a277012367afb4eb6570d9b61d441196402592cec37fa78abed1b974c5d

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:
11/28/2024 11:44:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.10.18.5

File size:
990.3 KB (1,014,080 bytes)

Product version:
4.7.7

Copyright:
File Internet Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 7:08:20 AM

Valid to:
10/30/2016 11:39:05 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121E708A02FF07CE5E25618BCF50F6A6CAE

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:lCiw6GBBVnfzqWgga1QHNvyp+YXRi22brujr+Fk6xcJ4oBWYS:lrZG/Vnfz/uoyQKRi22bK/+FnxJH

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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