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Prompt Funnel (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application google chrome.exe, “Program Setup ” by Prompt Funnel (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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Internet Program Installer   (signed by Prompt Funnel (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Program

Description:
Program Setup

Version:
5.6.1.2

MD5:
bc96ea89bc42f2aa4037b22662eb52b7

SHA-1:
879b1470accf9234fcc79d54b220c6d1974ee643

SHA-256:
ba6d73a44bba102067c04ef22b9d7c373228e4cac5a5ba6bc33e10eff990ceba

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:
1/6/2025 3:30:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.24.4

File size:
958.2 KB (981,184 bytes)

Product version:
2.8

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}\google chrome.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/30/2015 9:05:08 PM

Valid to:
10/30/2016 9:05:08 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121E192A11C95AAEEB64ABF0A45A725DEA8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wj7CW/5c3+c3F/rOnYNf9NrbkF6FQJqxMLZz+OazfM2AS/:wjeW/KV1/HTkEFOqqLV+OazfDAS/

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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Entropy:
7.9347

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.repositorysoftwaretowers.com/c?x= SQHkBxUqdrfHHMrcNb8Dkfy7JkeItFHcL4fIWftrg4=&c=tfHiaNPf7LYecxjE6rk6zh/V6MmvVl18tTsXYw dCqbMjqr6OnxSKcRuZ0xvgx66i0krbtpX4bNrN3woOfU62wjVUxOl5t2Meoo3CmIzjJOnqKwSwvzxT/.../0JtfFWakkMUg==&downloadAs=Google Chrome.exe

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