installer_gta_san_andreas_spanish.exe

Race

MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application installer_gta_san_andreas_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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.applicationheartbits.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:
2835ac3f288e8ae62760c78f41f7cd37

SHA-1:
94b66e50b6bcd54b99cffc5815ae6f1d8f3c2348

SHA-256:
a617782ba21b8f9f17f4996bbb12d4b7e3146fb0b0e07d8ccd6df53a68a70be8

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 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:
11/6/2024 11:38:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.7.2

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

Product version:
5.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\installer_gta_san_andreas_spanish.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 7:48:08 PM

Valid to:
6/10/2016 9:58:16 PM

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:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VbtZ5XjelBrOzI3lwPW9KjOnd0gwcOBci+71:VxjXyrOcVMAdWzBciU1

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:
7.9058

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file installer_gta_san_andreas_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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