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Platform Prompt (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application itunes.exe, “Program Setup ” by Platform Prompt (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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Prog Application Software   (signed by Platform Prompt (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Program

Description:
Program Setup

MD5:
9722e2758cca1531feb7d0a14c8f2b2f

SHA-1:
813d868c6c3a967242e0f6d3fd34453da86a6fe9

SHA-256:
90024f770837e267f638f30ed72badcbe1e83fd02f6df4c593e25edf5e6e9e97

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:
11/5/2024 10:20:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.12.22.6

File size:
973.7 KB (997,040 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\itunes.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Platform Prompt (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 12:03:42 PM

Valid to:
10/30/2016 3:56:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
11213402C76335CCE48F23AC24261E9FCF12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file itunes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.appbestbinaries.com/c?x=o6g7o9iIhvCGVUZihfUPxzcy08dH9DLt/d9w5Bzv0Lc=&c=vpytHKo7nA00XdzGF7VHVjMy2G1gHm5zXrJjEdBDgC5ZjWN9fxWnGl3RfJ/vC8qfVnI6R2L91qxgY03YLAZBSKScasECIk4TI794NkYw /xDBPisbqSXsLskqSfcoxtt1MSqwKRWpRBU02wQyiV7RQ==&downloadAs=itunes.exe&fallback_url=http://download-i.com/softwares/.../iTunesSetup11.exe

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