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Soft Installer Program

Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The file paint.exe, “Soft Installer Program Setup ” by Media Theory (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 file has been seen being downloaded from www.dldeliverygrab.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Software Installer Web   (signed by Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd))

Product:
Soft Installer Program

Description:
Soft Installer Program Setup

Version:
2.6.5.3

MD5:
6af8b77875798188f9659b558274057a

SHA-1:
470f958ede5b26b0ad99a2d58d3a391f68dfa890

SHA-256:
6a56e8e2c04bc1d80cb3a8c9cf9b423cf801e2ed895b742528767172adba2a07

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:
11/27/2024 11:33:37 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
15.12.25.13

File size:
959.7 KB (982,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.1

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\paint.exe.ohbet4x.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Theory (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/25/2015 6:37:49 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2016 6:37:49 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121BA944A31E4793A274CC4ADECFF1E7349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4zUYA+88/qxmNIqyIHgVRP0zKfyxHQr98X:4zZANMgmuvIu8w

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:
7.9334

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file paint.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.dldeliverygrab.com/c?x=sYhQfebCMJ/wdXcSou7qcqiaXu9ICDbJV4h7VifWri8=&c=j0ejvEFaWfFhG5l UJIeGMvBfSsG7ZkZG0mJ3CMZ5haduZFpbYE5mWVbgoikrRbn/KOgHFbNoJFXmr 457mL5OhR38VHfO5uW6BbqJUeTyHTVaxvcy2m3C7MGFnRQ0vhYYdPwV/PSJxz3EVRZpq8ew==&downloadAs=Paint.NET Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

http://www.dldeliverygrab.com/c?x=uocVZT3k gi/b7npOrRjRippHSZ4KLIGOGsTIU6ZebE=&c=U20uK2NnerrAujXKA1eFZ9aU70ehr2NwUszBRqT07yEGpygdRvv3YQZP4HInsZrjHJ/Rh/LHALZl5ZdQupsvQoqbhPTUcM99g0y8nUOCSbW7nqyxm//MXkWjLVCGQlP 7sCdc3Tqu6a420GKUEhwBA==&downloadAs=Paint.NET Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

http://www.grabpresentapplication.com/c?x=c3WkwbptQFlb154k3AQsBO4N4him51le4UFWSrcWgPc=&c=CHcNU792F8if4mIonoACIn5rgpNdU7d5wjdjuBWjgGrSJgYdSNFx48qdWb/xtHAOwKXR4SLN0kF3D67/KBtC2374EHSEJIK3dfJpS/acfdQgwfiw3iZ F9SXN9smX48iGmR8vCxXIIqKlcUm6YpwIw==&downloadAs=Paint.NET Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

http://www.bodyranchtag.com/c?x=dH5Bqghi9kPvzBhCHyQkKnFxl2CI0NgklQPW1ZzwoEk=&c=TjFCDsdNVe8deNhWfZU35LvgsU NwIEfa/ftB5JxjS94SsLVB0itmP1U/Uh5jGwfz6V EIIsP0M0XQD3v93PqKbRox4v389SOw4nn51kbh/CGfXsq0i60oT6PB2hfnATdrS0NX7zRM8zOmLD2xbgEQ==&downloadAs=Paint.NET Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

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