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picasasetup.exe

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Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application picasasetup.exe, “Internet 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.capitalmetafile.com.
Publisher:
Web Installer   (signed by Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

Version:
1.8.4.0

MD5:
7b0966393be230b96dd86ad4708c7138

SHA-1:
fe57d7cfc072c63f7d8cffbb0184bdf020046154

SHA-256:
43100e8b0db85ac2a3d3614b0795ada6bd16b63678d2f9ebdb25a7f06ff5245a

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:
11/24/2024 1:51:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.28.6

File size:
901.5 KB (923,096 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 11:01:05 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 11:01:05 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:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YyhTgi26mz+EgBL5asTUOykyN4V6xBUQQG5cl:Yyhd26mz+EgL/treJcl

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:
7.9376

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.capitalmetafile.com/c?x=rq1UESEfzh6zGfrB9Rz8XytV1FOx6XNwp/esKCMC13Q=&c=qLwJr3Rjo9mVhMBzp5JX/BvGIG3/fefgHUaAQijhYzgBvshaEKBSk2zMVBc6yfd1A/GIWid/WAh5bxyZYcJWqg6 PRDVONduFC0LxMRoZJuXBcyfjWVXaeux6 tevKSuXLaBYlYsMWJDqeE8VVMDXQ==&downloadAs=PicasaSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/1402/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b

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