system mechanic setup.exe

Nehahales

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application system mechanic setup.exe, “Nehahales Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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.capitalvaultsbits.com.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Nehahales

Description:
Nehahales Setup

Version:
5.2.4.5

MD5:
09b7e8ca388170e56836136ab8768280

SHA-1:
4c243d42780df47270ca8b36950ad8a0598e0e9f

SHA-256:
ecfe4e6034ea47f0a8e4ea3e1531b46334c576b034e418be8389ad2ca421cf01

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:
11/16/2024 1:43:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.14.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,168,240 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.7

Copyright:
Program

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}\system mechanic setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/31/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/1/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3A06E9DBD0206A134B76F68EF10A4949

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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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Entropy:
7.9833

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.capitalvaultsbits.com/b75EsW4 9X8Ky7zgu5AuiDdf9D0zXRdBXXyWuuIprWJ5pPJQPIn439bm2_RQhtd2QkJvAtaAgmwhROlQin5sLUC_O3Pkp_1daN2XOOwmkrJb0pSG95XiL LEcb GdPLvLElU2CFt2 DCdtEevWmlyMGvRCba7AdnhVPJMatuv3WSfRp5jOo t_A7o1rqDdx_Im5aBzvQtARyBmdjnhTZq6WMf2Zk88zy8kdK4ZmRmMd6_GSKvNE20_kmG2RVWZ9RZv03usn_ATwrmy_uyHCJYy2ezMZeoHykEk7bSfA4uMCqL3eHWngm lwQ3WQoxx8MXcgFYhJKEsP8JN6JltFVcwwpe1A 376ufpU3PZex1 rSbFNLeRbtWAI17XUFk4Beg0lODQyNMZmkBNSLQv9_nbRWbvh0mDcP8 xYCkVZxlApS5LVFchtoNKz6PHJBnnkSJKTlQ7eAK_EtIcAcrRHoBrVUtpK_ZHctDJ7TNfgZRQN3pMVvrwZnqVXrL86cw554SyAdHLt6SAfqGC51Gw8oMAuoQCgSg==-GzIAAMQDLo QaSjAIQfs355AxEGwMXaeOCK6ucaEH9kIHmtSd1xmLfsc

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