gta-v-launcher.exe

Sik

PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application gta-v-launcher.exe, “Sik 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 tmpfile3784.s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Sik

Description:
Sik Setup

MD5:
57a6af78adc043d6e60b4ceafe825d05

SHA-1:
eea90507201a0b31a4d83a8cb40e56759f17de86

SHA-256:
5f42da4e786e77b8fe8d0e47cc1cd5e8637fb849eaaea3b2cfafa24b16ac19bf

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:
11/24/2024 2:23:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.3.23

File size:
1 MB (1,067,832 bytes)

Product version:
5.5

Copyright:
Software

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
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:o6q2oi8gYt2o/xsHmdI+7fdgiyQXtUzqjiLKNc:ojC8jt7qmdI+7/p8R8

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:
7.9061

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 12 URLs.

https://tmpfile3784.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/39763/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

https://tmpfile3788.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/45419/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

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