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googlechromesetup.exe

Prog

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 googlechromesetup.exe, “Prog 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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
App   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Prog

Description:
Prog Setup

Version:
1.5.2.7

MD5:
6c951f068be18cbb031d3dcff7b2fa24

SHA-1:
0ce7fe166ce69ff74e79701f8c6447642e7ec315

SHA-256:
7e89d5d3ccc242417f74a333be6a565594bc5e42e35d23ecd0462766e68364b6

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:
12/26/2024 5:13:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.installCore.Installer (M)
16.7.3.3

File size:
691.5 KB (708,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.9

Copyright:
Installer Internet Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\googlechromesetup.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:GA8GITKS66y37O5uC/bT6tJrajzmH1MJNlmULMmxbxzfklG+Ei1dylzm1pi0:GA8ZTKtLO5uCzT6Xr8zCw/Lhx1zs4w1T

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://best-imageresizer.com/?dl=1&pi=ATLROTLyOZiyNw==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&chnl=b_sa_sign_win8&dr=cHaWck1jIHvJ KLm2r0Wc32lDXiyvENyhKvEvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z1sVkDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXz7yAzAzOZMFASDPDdlChV8yNzgyNzA4ATiy&pd=2323UExJck1EIXDlUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AzA1NZndAZMq

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