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firefoxsetup.exe

Web Program App

Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

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

Product:
Web Program App

Description:
Web Program App Setup

Version:
5.7.3.4

MD5:
2afd9e4d0b42834d210ea7bee55155fd

SHA-1:
daebcdc3b700540b67279e172f260113bee86ba3

SHA-256:
38a98ed73e483239b3d7d9886cd73cd59da4030a46369bd2f16e7f26008f72e7

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 12:26:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.8.20

File size:
798.1 KB (817,240 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.3

Copyright:
Software

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:
2/11/2015 6:01:05 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 6:01:05 PM

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 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UEXEsk5pVQGFku31tLLhQy3HpMktV8NToM:UgWHBFkuFtBQyXp0V

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)

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

http://d.mediafhsignslaboratory.com/c?x=2PJHtc1FonDhDzeWAK01sJ7oPIPzzptb/ppolEfkIeA=&c=Rxd4jhsGsuWWbDYgpEhU9B9tLJBkzDv6XDmPxJ4GNbKSyTO49mrUC9E8NLmtPzSWTVu21zX8t7ZY3oypxRdIQ4wtUQe41ZduDN3EEAm7yoE9 z2mVuiZdGz5Yz4eW0D5BiV7R1TNrDd5sSYh8SUVTrREsI0NUIsOh3ySXUye1Dk=&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=MwhU1U4xJTiZaktA5MMznHtmNdHEOb28z1zuXtsF7Pw=&c=/YwU oP6tqTrnzaArDapreBKrHcAJJSIW7eq4h6V0rstKPcFbw3CxVpnwx/nuN52u nwP6a8lUUI8uMl6/NhD10V d5rcj3l9Uyv/xUI0JwdqJhtBJGgXI5uVfHU5n0FH0dtaOEwfPNt8JGoIpHkJH/cQ M35N4w8mGPZcvz 8Y=&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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