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frostwiresetup.exe

Installer Generic Soft

Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application frostwiresetup.exe, “Installer Generic Soft Setup ” by Top Balance (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 coolpdfcreator.com.
Publisher:
Generic Web   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Installer Generic Soft

Description:
Installer Generic Soft Setup

Version:
2.3.1.6

MD5:
d7a8d3d8f0a1d4ecd8a53b873831bb25

SHA-1:
f09f131fff486488585c15ec68123d2fab0ac0fd

SHA-256:
79de67fea5e157641ca2fc580be2e594a8c4ed878677522347e160d78c1c247b

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:
4/24/2024 2:10:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.NewMediaHoldings.Installer (M)
16.1.2.17

File size:
781.5 KB (800,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.6

Copyright:
Program internet

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}\frostwiresetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 8:54:46 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 8:54:46 AM

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

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

Serial number:
112195E753935A102CF246567B961877F414

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Q70GGdUbjNpm4LynZ6M7evhD9Ym9wftoptOPe+zq9IbrT5hLEPbcGEqLErWLeq:Q70L027Evv19D3f3DbhIriZ

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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Entropy:
7.8940

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://coolpdfcreator.com/?dl=1&pi=Ajg4NzcRNZAdAi==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1mcmWz2H2pcmLm2r0Wc32lDXiyvENyhKvEvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z1VLyDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXzC3Nj74Azn0ASDPDdlChV8yNjgzOZndATMz&pd=2323UExJck1p EN07KRBUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AjCwAzM4AZMq

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