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Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application openofficesetup.exe, “Web Setup ” by Top Scale (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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Program generic   (signed by Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
4.6.3.6

MD5:
e26cc982723b26290d7446403a2cc024

SHA-1:
2798203b40c72718a081d9236db000bc1114084f

SHA-256:
f8fe829a8c875b965ed84f3493270c7aea0bd4a6e880b07370411091934004b6

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:
11/6/2024 5:42:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.3.28.2

File size:
797.9 KB (817,016 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.7

Copyright:
Program Generic software

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}\openofficesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/12/2015 1:01:05 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2016 1:01:05 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121FF0C79830A7B12BE4E698038C29DAF9A

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J9EW9yjvyHe0hfpj3kK0y8N8EFuBNdAtnGZTDN8NTD:J+QyudR8aEFu7dAQlCf

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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Entropy:
7.9251

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.mediafhclearbundles.com/c?x=KcY8u/bYAZAK6hjBFM1ojyLR6bENxJi/Yi5i45uF1ak=&c=Jtd6 9i/y5ggK0xC7zBu960tYh0fkM 11w3kI5J1iJRu66x7VoGxD0OluAYhkIGYuRLu5LRK01yugILJaWdhlGWaOvbKXqbm2wnSPhRLbm3gUm4aJu2XpQ2LQWEafoGRiY2vu0UJ8SmD/C/tfxf7vfCXo0RPc6pu5WIyOt0p3AU=&downloadAs=OpenOfficeSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/562/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b

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