setup.exe

Generic

Setup Prompt (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application setup.exe, “Generic Setup ” by Setup Prompt (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 dls.magnotrue.com.
Publisher:
Program   (signed by Setup Prompt (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

Version:
2.6.5.8

MD5:
27353d50d8a17c9a59874d4ce97adbd5

SHA-1:
a8251e9ce7fe714489f63082b1bb3938ac880580

SHA-256:
9e862a56e80fc0761f7f39675311d4cf35657b4d30c962bb24cd5106547df636

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:
12/26/2024 4:25:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.21.6

File size:
933.5 KB (955,944 bytes)

Product version:
4.4.8

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}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 10:01:58 AM

Valid to:
10/30/2016 2:04:25 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121A8BF5ECEF030FD4568729BEDD3C4F65C

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):
24576:DP3WMdizMjauwA7FJwWgN38Qtuv/2sAslb9V4hDgnR:DvdMMjaTA7/wWwVtuvOXs8cnR

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

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