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winrar setup.exe

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Prompt Funnel (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application winrar setup.exe, “Program Setup ” by Prompt Funnel (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:
Internet Program Installer   (signed by Prompt Funnel (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Program

Description:
Program Setup

Version:
5.6.1.2

MD5:
b5970aa2403701ea94297cf23cadc864

SHA-1:
a92075f51756e266fd931bffe89c3cb4ba9cd0c7

SHA-256:
02374b32a61b8640940fe239095f111f57296aa16e2b072448887a7e7919c4c1

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:
1/6/2025 3:53:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.28.19

File size:
958.2 KB (981,184 bytes)

Product version:
2.8

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}\winrar setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Prompt Funnel (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/30/2015 1:35:08 PM

Valid to:
10/30/2016 1:35:08 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121E192A11C95AAEEB64ABF0A45A725DEA8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nj7CW/5c3+c3F/rOnYNf9NrbkF6FQJqxMLZz+OazfM2AS/:njeW/KV1/HTkEFOqqLV+OazfDAS/

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 winrar setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.repositorysoftwaretowers.com/c?x=XmL6HYDEP251vdqO53D6q/BvPi9sL179KJT1kcDjQE8=&c=RH2dw5/jV6CoNfi5aHlklqGJ72Qivd70aX09NSEMmloiiCeRO8c6EEZxE7V8rt2NhiFxxEKB3ntf6lyoBvpDr2x2u2JCB5A7LrWUbToF aFMO7Plli1ARxAeX2Rdj/.../h6A==&downloadAs=WinRAR Setup.exe

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