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SuperMoca (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application firefoxsetup.exe, “Internet Setup ” by SuperMoca (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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by SuperMoca (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

Version:
4.1.5.4

MD5:
be1fe539cf4edfcfc0af947f5f6c6267

SHA-1:
f75305cc16478ef25a37b8923446f652b380b2a8

SHA-256:
d739509c5f52961d12258a5a216dee9aa9ac5c94b44b6757da230cec75fe2d7b

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 8:27:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.31.0

File size:
885.4 KB (906,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\firefoxsetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 5:18:05 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 4:24:07 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121DDA99F01EE6D7FC1C948433B608BFC09

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:UQ8S0DAuzck3J7JJq0a7psH0iG65wvbF+alZgOF5u:U7VMul51O7psS65wjc2ZLu

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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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://www.hostingnewcurrent.com/c?x=MEynaVfRKtSijSyFPrEGI0LgSMqmbIp2PFR8YpgYJN8=&c=Y64NPlKBgl3FXRFhjaV4lfWki9K/9njx9R5PEtbmLk9/Ph45WWzRWkUXVI4QrrIQPltcXdbzQO8EL7cpgSZ7UoRQheVlefSfR6coKRa7gDMt9hVIwMorf6uXOJ3GK 2T&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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