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maxpayne2.exe

Installer Application

Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application maxpayne2.exe, “Installer Application Setup ” by Silver 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bundletodaynow.com.
Publisher:
Web   (signed by Silver Setup (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Installer Application

Description:
Installer Application Setup

Version:
2.4.3.6

MD5:
f898a4b34a16f3495f7245fcdad41c5e

SHA-1:
b4a8b67eef8bd0adfb693b82528e2f35abd02f37

SHA-256:
f1cab562d037f55e0e57eb1e4151691d9d60a63f8f4e0267a83b128da4fb1aa3

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:
11/16/2024 2:30:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.11.3

File size:
930.7 KB (953,000 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.5

Copyright:
Installer Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\maxpayne2.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 11:34:48 AM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 5:57:01 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121DDF3CFBD99D884DDB3ED223CAEDE3723

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YHWxZX7CM5TGuRvtZ2WuDsvnGTgVt/ivWwM:YHIhCM5K8vtnlBIuv

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:
7.9260

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file maxpayne2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.bundletodaynow.com/c?x=D8bhuTphfpYOR6tpPOuGcyENnFvaiwBTGPckHtzcEYg=&c=DJxn1dyk5xIyPMn7ytEWa6bSJMLbXcxJjcoEqpDZ7ZHqq S8YYyPrW0R2E98I74MYlkinmD6f1ys2aetd69c7Qut4TmohF8M1t0XegiYcN4de6mUL2M/YmraT8V4/jPk&downloadAs=MaxPayne2.exe&fallback_url=http://.../setup1.19.exe

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