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openofficesetup.exe

Application

Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application openofficesetup.exe, “Application 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Installer software   (signed by Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
515f5a1f9d3e84b3398d92359c6811a2

SHA-1:
c43c9f30e38d9c76e796f95e6abc0c59184c93d2

SHA-256:
2bfaef8a2b61ba31174ce3aead9e5bb74789d19bbc0e8714d686ce1eae8f8640

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:
1/13/2025 1:24:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.5.4.1

File size:
760.9 KB (779,120 bytes)

Product version:
5.5

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}\openofficesetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 3:01:05 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 3:01:05 PM

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:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GDSGfADVFpbzFNH8N+yT+pR/Z/cWhKY/X/xFGkvLMYbmpR52ooEoLj/Gn3+sQ8MN:GDSCkn8Qs+DZ/cU/xFlMYypRcOh8/Tis

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

http://cdn.app-pc.info/c?x=1E/hENtYl8tV5xkQYQxKalTgl87/7DRFj gWPNAw9PU=&c=XqlctLidcyzaIkiLlcgM6VfEEgtnccti482QvZDcn/YHV56tfSPemdtYdNTxqIcrSvyFTZ7KrmI3x0p1iAVckxBbkMsYKj0uWhp7qRyrXIYFqK3XkPdJWJwSMBtoQBKh&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/562/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b&downloadAs=OpenOfficeSetup.exe

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