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Internet Application Installer

CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application chrome.exe, “Internet Application Installer Setup ” by CrossBeam (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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Internet Application Installer

Description:
Internet Application Installer Setup

Version:
4.0.5.1

MD5:
c45ce182e362d2ab3a7e125493b3883b

SHA-1:
1b6e9b89c00a74120d20c14fcca04ca5ec94178f

SHA-256:
7853fd1abaa579e03785ee3c1b1cf198b52727b0468f902a9bbdcaa453ff187a

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:
5/12/2024 9:05:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.7.13.11

File size:
885.6 KB (906,880 bytes)

Product version:
5.6

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}\chrome.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/22/2015 12:38:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 12:38:00 PM

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

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

Serial number:
11215DCA5769E6C445E0FF9ADF5CD149DC4E

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):
12288:GrvGE7vsl0VMl7lCM7F1IVhP45x2hIig4TRMXk7XlygyAfst4ujB05J:GrvR7E0Gl7lCM7ID/IMM2Xgjgw4uSJ

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)

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

http://www.appscleanapplication.com/c?x=VZkBA23kqGl9vJLA/yIOCehqjYXiXYI0ihbGoNrVIfA=&c=1FwyvyMRnMhtdURyPKdxUkNwIFcWhG5 06HgJG0oapAZD1DAeWCeqTaPWI73RgpWl mqYj7LwAnb5qDEt2zZlx7ftEyv1P9YCk/HTc1Wt yS9/bl2/V28WqzNFI4K2Kuka9jCLapJ/7PWA0TspkpoO5Kaa AJCN5KgJyFqwhPYY=&downloadAs=chrome.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../ChromeStandaloneSetup_34.0.1847.116.exe

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