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CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application google-chrome.exe, “Soft 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:
Web Program   (signed by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
5.8.3.8

MD5:
4db6794da8c59962773c221d0d74706a

SHA-1:
836a93425c1d74823bba2ba69136de1bf65414ae

SHA-256:
4462b52fea122fb74fb7a00053b6d4311677cf6fc0f0a91f6cff4167ad69eb45

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:
5/11/2024 12:42:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.8

File size:
887.5 KB (908,848 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}\google-chrome.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/22/2015 11:38:00 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 11:38:00 AM

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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:S9KCWk+6Vyq4x0TEM9QNNlja7XnLnn7JM9U+ssaCUGvdd:S89kbm0QKQJYXLn7a9UQyWdd

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:
7.9229

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.appscleanapplication.com/c?x=4JL/qdIsxA6pdW/sxXOsnqo TfpuSQIhS0 dHaQsNQY=&c=dJZwZYBm4Yc1ErK7fGnfs5AmeyU3anyxzdSaj4NL8ushO0EWcJUpJnCtnSN0d8mRQ41VEsj88SKYECNxpBXOBJxMByfazttqumCDDlutiMY6F60xNqcZBavBz4VFsInEWd2Qjie7Q5rivVEKgH8V1hy01InMZKoZpUxSkdpDuRY=&downloadAs=google-chrome.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../Chrome28.0.1500.72.exe

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