winrar-12398-dp.exe

Web Internet

Max Criteria (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application winrar-12398-dp.exe, “Web Internet Setup ” by Max Criteria (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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by Max Criteria (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Web Internet

Description:
Web Internet Setup

Version:
2.3.1.4

MD5:
8e1ce091a288bc28edaea76ad839f289

SHA-1:
cf0c131215d6aa54e4bc07cf7942e6018980ce2f

SHA-256:
848aa1c037132f4783649e97d87275b92083ca2480000a2bd5ad09fe8415c92c

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:
11/5/2024 10:28:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.3.6.1

File size:
939.4 KB (961,984 bytes)

Product version:
1.7.9

Copyright:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winrar-12398-dp.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/10/2015 5:30:43 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 5:30:43 PM

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

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

Serial number:
112140D1BC3685765FDBC584B36226FEF228

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:k7mWSGLt/0S8AQrsdx/NPqIRCicEoYz7eDSXh:k7dZ/0+fdxwIRCiqYz7NR

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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