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pdfreadersetup.exe

Soft

Moca Service (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 pdfreadersetup.exe, “Soft Setup ” by Moca Service (New Media Holdings) has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by Moca Service (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
5.0.5.5

MD5:
0b3ed8aba686911cf7ca81963b45663f

SHA-1:
9e50c2efb4c849558d12078694e9318a4c9d1008

SHA-256:
2a5f6946bb37359db31cbda93e5ee799abae33b465649ed84d354e2329ab0358

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
5/4/2024 5:38:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3133

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.271
9.0.1.0111

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.YV potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of opr000mh.tmp (Adware)
2015.7.22.12

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15652

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewMedia.Installer
15.5.14.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
39354

File size:
783.7 KB (802,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfreadersetup.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 8:26:49 AM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 8:26:49 AM

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

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

Serial number:
1121D57440984708E3E2E2D5E40B6C79013F

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):
24576:mPNJfua9xpZhBGh76nhJy1+vdLkk/FXildTXqt5BSmriy:m1Ua3zhBsWnhJgiL1MYriy

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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