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adobe-shockwave-player.exe

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SpeedyPrompt (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application adobe-shockwave-player.exe, “Application Setup ” by SpeedyPrompt (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 Adobe Shockwave Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Internet application   (signed by SpeedyPrompt (New Media Holdings Ltd))

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
1.3.3.7

MD5:
df5e4e23c0de9298cde445d70c0c6bba

SHA-1:
bed30bdc9a239842ffb30be9411bd2bc0a424632

SHA-256:
ef4ce5de68970493d6618cb30f616b52e34495cc117cefc133ccc28e040203fd

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:
4/25/2024 2:41:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
17.2.9.4

File size:
915.8 KB (937,760 bytes)

Product version:
2.5

Copyright:
Software Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe-shockwave-player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SpeedyPrompt (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/1/2015 5:18:59 PM

Valid to:
6/1/2016 5:18:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121B7D54FAD61F171E2DE67A2070558F9A3

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:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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