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Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application firefoxsetup.exe, “Web Setup ” by Top Scale (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:
Program   (signed by Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
1.8.2.8

MD5:
233dee9518d5e602045245b927021697

SHA-1:
0ab198cfde668d2bc6dd6effc4ec14036b22e294

SHA-256:
0e5c2f0bf1c1ff6d7aadcd4c9d51274b6aa224b5a3ed15489e2ea8f5f0aa3cd6

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:
11/6/2024 12:53:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
15.10.25.19

File size:
897.8 KB (919,376 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.6

Copyright:
Internet Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/12/2015 12:01:05 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2016 12:01:05 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121FF0C79830A7B12BE4E698038C29DAF9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yFC0bdALBT1wIb9WPG529Q9ZgN9+7NvSEvz6HjFgi:yvOBT1j9WPy2970qE4Fgi

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:
7.9373

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.flashquickbinaries.com/c?x=IITthaQult2vZ3OWM D9xN3/nIFByA3Whw5WS9qXx9U=&c=OwboHNWGUsyn1JJusAW 3tMDIAMI3ZUclbIbAemECZfAYspejYVWCbv5iLfix9wRcbj1n0/DLTT3RrXCNh/r45uQX 8DQLs8w4A61tCEybYIBSjzCOCvsYIsrBi 5ySgU5wwLpyIoYgSQrqZuYPbFw==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.exe

http://www.flashquickbinaries.com/c?x=SGKYcbp0nbl3HoKvnce67hfoBUkmhm2fYzqFREv4orU=&c=VnGBQcYGh/2MEbxsNo0h/tRRDP5DgRDTK449NIRNt/ZB941PGFxQxp85FRmiu9/ovzQ3WvsrlTjEXWSgpk6TMRNiAbuPQCYI5csKNvbelcQ4V8cPA nE6xVQpdXwQ5qXoK0zcfSdoAPrJSzYRmrMAw==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.exe

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