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popcorntimesetup.exe

Generic Internet

Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application popcorntimesetup.exe, “Generic Internet Setup ” by Top Balance (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 to-great.info.
Publisher:
Application Internet   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic Internet

Description:
Generic Internet Setup

Version:
1.2.5.8

MD5:
c3dd044709f043977aca956116ad9f71

SHA-1:
f408422e752b26fe9d03f944289a17d5fc0dacec

SHA-256:
32cd67bbd411f7062dc548762e586b8d5ee88cd6a92a38866b63142d7e7903b9

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:
12/27/2024 6:47:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.installCore.Installer (M)
16.7.3.21

File size:
758.6 KB (776,856 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0

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}\popcorntimesetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 10:54:46 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 10:54:46 AM

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

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

Serial number:
112195E753935A102CF246567B961877F414

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):
12288:poEHGHdSFV5tQwEIj4am4o/c7mrBU7XsEkPDB1wuKkxSAM1c/SFtRGJcQwpoFrns:pLHuEFhQwD4bomVUjXuDnLxLM95GJd2v

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:
7.8810

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://to-great.info/?dl=1&pi=Ajg4NzcyAZgzAw==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1w 3sj 3vuUXxp KLm2r0Wc32lDXimc3aW7mcmIT1zvm2yIKiWvmREhKVuvmNjhLlLvmNBDz1l QDjhTnmDZ0wvmNpDZ1fNjczNjC4AZCRvm5EIKiWXzgFAzCzNTAyNZa=&pd=2323Um2JDd8t2XsB d5CUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AjcFOTayAZMq

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