spotifysetup.exe

Application Web

Premium Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application spotifysetup.exe, “Application Web Setup ” by Premium 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.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by Premium Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application Web

Description:
Application Web Setup

Version:
1.2.5.3

MD5:
2fa2eae0d2d5222753cdca24c3ab6162

SHA-1:
c875817a6379cb1711ba4beac89a4d43fc84499b

SHA-256:
034c87a128b2feb833b31cd77409ff59b716406004e8bac4c117bb69615bd549

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 10:20:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.12.3.2

File size:
779.9 KB (798,568 bytes)

Product version:
4.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/9/2015 7:04:15 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 7:04:15 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121CCC26B8A89F90AFF2AB668372A1A4978

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:tV3L88XC9A65+CS0ketQlQFvx8k653riO:th5XC9VICS7ZlQFZ8BriO

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)

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