installer_ares_spanish.exe

Race

MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application installer_ares_spanish.exe, “Race Setup ” by MaxSpeedy (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 www.newflashfiles.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Nelola   (signed by MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Race

Description:
Race Setup

Version:
4.6.2.2

MD5:
a352cd21c681e529152f18ff302421f7

SHA-1:
cb7c3385c7634e98c0d2e5dae2049fe4635d6170

SHA-256:
7e2d7bdaebde728121078f1fb9fa6fda5ef8aec56685f57e27089548ba7ba892

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:
11/27/2024 2:34:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.4

File size:
1 MB (1,063,176 bytes)

Product version:
5.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_ares_spanish.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 9:48:08 AM

Valid to:
6/10/2016 11:58:16 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121E3B958E0D3FCF0CA178C56C74D3BBA4B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KbtZ5XjelBrOzI3lwPW9KjOnd0gwcOBci+71:KxjXyrOcVMAdWzBciU1

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 installer_ares_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 22 URLs.

http://www.newflashfiles.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