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googlechromesetup.exe

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SuperMoca (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application googlechromesetup.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. 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:
Installer   (signed by SuperMoca (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

Version:
4.1.5.4

MD5:
43e03aeba1df5de295ed8d5fe0da5d0b

SHA-1:
7ba101765c2d88a1e28afbb024f592517480ef83

SHA-256:
511dc8ccc3beea67158fd1ec27395bc644a594c6812de36989831f2f6b4b9c04

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:
11/6/2024 8:22:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.3.2.4

File size:
885.4 KB (906,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

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\content.ie5\kgwg84t4\googlechromesetup.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:ZQ8S0DAuzck3J7JJq0a7psH0iG65wvbF+alZgOF5u:Z7VMul51O7psS65wjc2ZLu

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 googlechromesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.conecptapplicationcurrent.com/c?x=7h kQAD0VkTqXSqK3dA88FFslshzZIXULTmbCXGlZKE=&c=QrKeiI3HPw4c0wa4e6zxQAxQzPsdJO6TO6Py2wkG/UwMitkBqHiAOgM3ELkTLz/gxPmBH07VCRUikqtw5RiVRRG k9CTTA87qo CNYjgrmZhoKskXEvsGIQVKKpKZb5v&downloadAs=GoogleChromeSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/570/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b

http://www.tourstockapplications.com/c?x=gtQAQEE6dAQZVLPMCpatfJysK77 XwjaETv t0KXJYg=&c=19NGKck5fDrqJo9kcY17Q/ZPmI77dVQ0HD0P0oW4fgurLcErnl2FwaB5UHDAuqqwbRoec9JSBv5fbHMewxX2tvue23iaXh67fdN21eISARfkmP/88D3XxNj3hidC3Zdy&downloadAs=GoogleChromeSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/570/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b

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