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darkwave-studio-5.5.3-setup.exe

Setup Alpha ((New Media Holdings Ltd)

The application darkwave-studio-5.5.3-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 and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Setup Alpha ((New Media Holdings Ltd)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f958ec0f7eba416b53bdda753049115f

SHA-1:
38fa4f9c664c8a13c27fe7fe6e1fffee8ee935f3

SHA-256:
7bbafdfa0dd0c154351d9bdbf85a9faf7361e800559d6ddf2f6ef80705ae6e4d

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:
4/25/2024 5:48:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.7.7.8

File size:
2.9 MB (3,019,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\darkwave-studio-5.5.3-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:SVIp+qvtyS+gb1nn9WIwJ0Pc91ybFcqmjjhufKfe3nRX8247RyZaD0:SSp+hS+chn9WvJac+Fkjjhufrnu/YoD0

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, A8, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 94, 2F, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 55, 68, 0C, 92, 40, 00, E8, 14, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 04, 92, 40, 00, E8, 0A, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F8, 91, 40, 00, E8, 00, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 09, E8, 63, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 5C, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 84, 1F, 7A, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 70, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9544  (probably packed)

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file darkwave-studio-5.5.3-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.experimentalscene.com/.../DarkWave-Studio-5.5.3-Setup.exe

http://r2.computerbild.de/exec/r2r.pl?m=w-cobi;u=http://d.computerbild.de/downloads/.../DarkWave-Studio-5.5.3-Setup.exe

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