winrar installer.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 winrar installer.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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as WinRAR archiver but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Nehahales

Description:
Nehahales Setup

Version:
5.2.4.5

MD5:
7dd0a109a6fd92d2966504708b68627e

SHA-1:
bd499fded8448996fc2f9b0123fece4ff2557304

SHA-256:
d7a6cc20ab9e674d338f9bc02f99c2e85b7ac555af62273644f9516c0e12c5c9

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 1:21:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.12.18

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}\downloads\winrar installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/2/2017 1:59:59 AM

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

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.capitalvaultsbits.com/c?x= fFiFHExgUgBYOCcunaEo2C0mEhrtrOSvsJjqjgvRBk=&e=0&c=6YPPBDB9kno161GSZVU31 c5M0FqBPENhLFyO9 5/bGExPajakDpRzkqJoZbvsCuq dMFKV2tBrJ9z ZEH0gVWooRDSa3/5H4qMNYDSb8zTOpZrcHwsB1oTrS MbdwK20owHbS1msfnf8JvWe7auEgXvPjr1Xr57EnA1LkZRWA=&downloadAs=WinRAR Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

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