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firefoxsetup.exe

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Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application firefoxsetup.exe, “App Setup ” by Top Balance (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 Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
App

Description:
App Setup

Version:
5.6.1.5

MD5:
32ef34f0b7c88288de7c8cdb8b4bf1a2

SHA-1:
8f7e935ff7d279a9b57d2c3be9b62ffc9e61c1c9

SHA-256:
c5d88746a05b2f25c72a625a4c39eb1c06017fdf8999619141809d10df9c1cc9

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:
11/24/2024 9:55:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.installCore.Installer (M)
16.2.6.2

File size:
752.7 KB (770,784 bytes)

Product version:
2.5

Copyright:
Software Program internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\firefoxsetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 5:54:46 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 5:54:46 PM

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

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

Serial number:
112195E753935A102CF246567B961877F414

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5BrpvAn5vPoz7qBYz3HnDJ1cIVNyEG9gRp0oCZ/BfbDaNVV8HPITvcNwyWVagnoz:5BrxG5YaYz3HnMIaj9OpHw/BDDaNAQTG

Entry address:
0x9C40

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://real-goal.info/?dl=1&pi=ATidNji3NTa1NM==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1mIXvlDmW4vExthXN3DKV0AQDzcj1QDyDphXAmD3vpDZ0m rcWDK4m7dAWxnBm7dREhKVuvmAWASDChTMm7dlChV8FNzg3AzgwOTnm7K2pDZ1fNzgyATaROTn0Ag==&pd=2323UEvP2rLt2XNlUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AzMzAzcdAZMq

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