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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 tmpfile3697.s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Gotebo   (signed by PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Hakotu

Description:
Hakotu Setup

MD5:
6646fb27515f514e0ff462cd0b1519da

SHA-1:
94970c60674639664015ce907878aee99f17a609

SHA-256:
bbbec6cfe7332a8413618291c2440ed00d5b72c833ea1046bc69cce8106bb9d1

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 5:08:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.1.22

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 10:52:56 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 11:45:10 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ItR6LrXu0MMY9DC8sg67JPp8swtstbcz9iGDTETEe54B1YJ:I/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 37 URLs.

https://tmpfile3697.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/49310/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3725.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/14786/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3733.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/32425/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3699.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/52460/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3689.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/34176/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3692.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/39678/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3721.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/5389/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3733.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/31057/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3729.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/23154/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3728.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/22487/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3724.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/14003/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3689.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/33943/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3702.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/57611/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3686.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/29276/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3691.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/37976/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3724.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/12873/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3725.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/14488/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3721.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/5527/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3699.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/51813/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3694.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/44019/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3688.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/32559/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3722.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/7167/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3687.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/30897/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3729.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/24498/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3687.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/30155/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3694.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/42849/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3733.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/32286/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3723.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/9412/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3701.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/56581/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3731.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/27928/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

Latest 30 of 37 download URLs

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