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Hakotu

PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from tmpfile3266.s3.amazonaws.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Gotebo   (signed by PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Hakotu

Description:
Hakotu Setup

MD5:
e88763959920cc2a99cb9241fe0c8984

SHA-1:
82db01cd91efc009dbaa20ffaff309d1488fc923

SHA-256:
395e3123d166f9971e2360f70171ab2b298f7ae98409be5c600c927781486e9c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Utilizes the InstallCore download manager that may bundle various adware-type offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 9:51:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.3.31.16

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}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_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 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 7:45:10 PM

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:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:otR6LrXu0MMY9DC8sg67JPp8swtstbcz9iGDTETEe54B1YJ:o/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 icreinstall_gta-v-launcher.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://tmpfile3266.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/112537/.../gta-v-launcher.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

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