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Cabucol

BeamMode (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application scratch.exe, “Cabucol Setup ” by BeamMode (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.appsfactorycurrent.com.
Publisher:
BeamMode (New Media Holdings Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Cabucol

Description:
Cabucol Setup

MD5:
cbdb1fc4f0d8875b80b2387d1ee748f4

SHA-1:
7e154d4700029c36bd1d91ee61bf36dfe177d167

SHA-256:
960d4b09cfb5dacdbbebfbf22067804ba301be9579017438fce7b046e08d02fb

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:
11/23/2024 8:30:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
17.3.13.8

File size:
1.5 MB (1,560,368 bytes)

Product version:
3.6.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\scratch.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/16/2016 4:03:31 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2017 4:25:03 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121DF93F5866DBC0812750F7AC8C58CCE8C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9899

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

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

http://www.appsfactorycurrent.com/yGsjfbiUuxRAYmFoYyzktP774OXsisIsE83znInEtt_xN0R4lUFPrv69V8bfGoEcSPqANoY5RZg2JCoxIT1pxSEeVHTTxb3U Q9 FItVPPFslvja__EnCNaNA1uS91rgZYQ7H8Z6QXkcaAJYIekD9QRA14UG PST4kTp81bbMDXJzERCzbQSXjO3GDnD9PF92V4Xp8fS-G04AAGRwXmuPdKbbtltNiCizqCSz7bO_730J OLDum71XPSkMXGhE9yox5u_Ma5b65_Uec0bvlXTD71Y3qCb7BBrNIoVKZYTJFIE

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