flashplayer_updater.exe

Application

PromptSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application flashplayer_updater.exe, “Application Setup ” by PromptSpeedy (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 Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Generic app   (signed by PromptSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
5.7.3.5

MD5:
04f856696a539eeb8d7ada0f3cea3f6c

SHA-1:
72fd11a0cb587ec220aa4d48e8cc478e3f31fb36

SHA-256:
b59857f8af91713d526a9d80e9d4f741ec6ce06caf296ddf09e6b302e8d6f102

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 4:03:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
17.2.9.9

File size:
952.4 KB (975,264 bytes)

Product version:
4.6.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/10/2015 7:33:44 AM

Valid to:
6/10/2016 7:33:44 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121D4810373F832DB018C098B3670151A03

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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:
7.9362

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.updatebulktoday.com/c?x=tiOPOwCSQccXQR382loee38zkNTCldWhRBozhZPYAmA=&c=PhotN7uNBS7uWdGdNJcmlukWerW9YhfqMQBhtQrppE0oDEpNr5jtL q/uiJYka34smFTYnI8XGp93IWv SYtDm6W3pzDQr4xD181tRipoa/GCNQbj4WaRcd5CkJMQD2r99nt131v2CXCOSzaaGbq6w==&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.InstallMetrixdelivery.com

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