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%VENDOR% Downloader

World Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application internetexplorersetup.exe, “Internet Web generic Setup ” by World Setup (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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Internet Explorer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
%VENDOR%  (signed by World Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
%VENDOR% Downloader

Description:
Internet Web generic Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34623

MD5:
c2eedc44d758ca9c099b628ec9abeb22

SHA-1:
0081568318f24f12f0ef457b66a68920498cee73

SHA-256:
eea855a1ed73c1c0306fbae0ce0c3e6be68edb772d6f9a6b4c3a5b8a1fc179b6

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 12:47:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.10.20.11

File size:
798.9 KB (818,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34623

Copyright:
%VENDOR%

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
World Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2014 11:23:19 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 11:23:19 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121ACA26505B6CA8F826472F821A34FD829

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:dbFL08lQ93E9Xjg4/mmoPoQHiq6bIRiZ3:d5Tq3E/agQH/6so

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)

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