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darkwave-studio-5.5.2-setup.exe

Setup Alpha ((New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application darkwave-studio-5.5.2-setup.exe by Setup Alpha ((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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.experimentalscene.com.
Publisher:
Setup Alpha ((New Media Holdings Ltd)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9daa96df53e7c7053b280e61e023cdf8

SHA-1:
730b9b5694cf287a11dd2aff6a2ddea7906775ab

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:39:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.0

File size:
3 MB (3,114,571 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\darkwave-studio-5.5.2-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Alpha ((New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/15/2016 12:00:32 AM

Valid to:
6/25/2017 6:42:13 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA855EED3CFF403D39EDCDA9844389DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 1:25:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:60LdZVr+lgii2XuN8KdOGQOuCacrccEOpbKegU7xwuthGZppirSDg4y2LaG:60PVrae8KdxQOFrfEQOytwIEpTD5LJ

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5B, 81, EB, D0, 48, 00, 10, 83, EC, 74, 8B, EC, 8B, 83, AB, 4B, 00, 10, 89, 45, 00, 8B, 83, B3, 4B, 00, 10, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 2C, 8B, 83, B7, 4B, 00, 10, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 30, C7, 45, 14, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 18, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 1C, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 14, FF, 45, 14, 66, 33, C9, 8A, 8C, 03, FF, 4B, 00, 10, 84, C9, 74, 7A, 8B, 45, 1C, 66, 01, 4D, 1C, 03, C3, 05, 13, 4C, 00, 10, 50, 8B, 45, 2C, FF, 10, 85, C0, 0F, 84, 5E, 02, 00, 00, 89, 45, 10, 8B, 45, 1C, 03, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9397

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file darkwave-studio-5.5.2-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.experimentalscene.com/.../DarkWave-Studio-5.5.2-Setup.exe

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