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spotifysetup.exe

Generic Application

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 spotifysetup.exe, “Generic Application 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 install-great.org.
Publisher:
Installer Web program   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic Application

Description:
Generic Application Setup

Version:
2.7.2.0

MD5:
ee99a91048bf00c9ec6a793a41bb20a4

SHA-1:
197319ec356e4a5825d3033d87e49ab72c5c22df

SHA-256:
6a17109ca3ee7e8c82cd208acbfe80f0b08fcdd311fc652e5a4f13f7569dcac0

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:45:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.installCore.Installer (M)
16.3.26.16

File size:
779.8 KB (798,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 5:54:46 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 5:54:46 PM

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:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vYYRv6RcRT83b0dKYha8aeGwO+ru/7WWb61nq6+h6Wrip:v7p6iJ3xTGwO+rMXb76Wrip

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 spotifysetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-great.org/?dl=1&pi=NzCyNjnyATA0&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=c3aW7mcm2r0Wc32lDXimcHaWck1zcrW0IKDFvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z15LyDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXzidOT7dOTMFASDPDdlChV8yAjL0NZc3AZaz&pd=2323UmxJ2dFB d5CDrW3 QFj d0=&campaignId=9jn0AjC1NZA4AZMq

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