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firefoxsetup.exe

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Premium Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application firefoxsetup.exe, “Generic Setup ” by Premium 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:
Installer Application   (signed by Premium Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

Version:
4.4.5.8

MD5:
3ff375d23dd18e50772f3548f309f2f8

SHA-1:
3818e7f514feae93af7e64cd24bce3540aef5efe

SHA-256:
2fe07fc82263bdd008dd6fd3d970c06567bf531b40f7f73b9c891316a2f5e1ec

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:
1/13/2025 8:03:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.10.25.15

File size:
759.6 KB (777,792 bytes)

Product version:
4.6

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}\firefoxsetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/10/2015 2:04:15 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2016 2:04:15 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121CCC26B8A89F90AFF2AB668372A1A4978

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Bn+GOJ1WdrRAGqNT7qlvSXtVh55h75YkJsMa51UxJRiig/jflyb2GSK6v:Bn+jJ1qACIV/75Yk94Uxd2z8CBjv

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:
7.8847

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 URL.

http://happygood.info/?dl=1&pi=Ajg4NzcyNZgdNw==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&gclid=CKmH06WH0sQCFY8kvQoduXkA0A&dr=cHaWck1mIXvlDmW4vExthXN3DKV0OSDzcj1zcmAmIT1zvm2yIKiWvmREhKVuvmNjhVsavmNBDz1l QDjhTnmDZ0wvmNpDZ1fAZnzOTa3ATgyvm5EIKiWXzMFATCdNZg1Njny&pd=7KN0IXDlUKluc3xP rRzUEVzUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0Ajc3OZLyAZMq

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