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Hakotu

PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application gta-v-launcher.exe, “Hakotu Setup ” by PremiumBeam (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 file has been seen being downloaded from tmpfile3742.s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Gotebo   (signed by PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Hakotu

Description:
Hakotu Setup

MD5:
ca9e994581d9669a93c62d79c439155c

SHA-1:
38f2daf72f1ed4724b413df476a7bbdb3a1806d6

SHA-256:
b7ff2f763c37f5b77f9885a8dba8d9d94693f1f82668a097ca18eb817b5353ef

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:
11/24/2024 10:35:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.2.23

File size:
1 MB (1,057,328 bytes)

Product version:
5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gta-v-launcher.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 7:52:56 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 8:45:10 AM

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

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

Serial number:
11218E8F84D2C9611A0D9227D7A1EEA68998

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EtR6LrXu0MMY9DC8sg67JPp8swtstbcz9iGDTETEe54B1YJ:E/IzwVJY7JxFDlyXCf4sJ

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.9090

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file gta-v-launcher.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 18 URLs.

https://tmpfile3742.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/47185/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3769.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/6721/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3743.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/49096/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3748.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/58058/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3739.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/43294/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3737.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/38366/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3751.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/62347/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3742.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/48260/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3769.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/5859/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3737.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/38773/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3748.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/58021/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3739.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/42024/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3743.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/49482/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3739.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/42484/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3746.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/54396/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3739.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/42766/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3741.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/45793/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3735.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/35964/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

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