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Discover Browser

Web Bar Media

The application shicn5buzx.exe, “Discover Browser Setup ” by Web Bar Media 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 Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from source.cdnplace.com.
Publisher:
Discover Media   (signed by Web Bar Media)

Product:
Discover Browser

Description:
Discover Browser Setup

MD5:
6c170d67eb0039301849f89b7eac0f6b

SHA-1:
3e67e914fe53ee93d35c9d97f9e8f135d5940efd

SHA-256:
98442278116aea1298decbb7780f1f814c842e5e262fbe1febc340850f1dddb3

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.

Analysis date:
8/4/2025 11:56:34 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebBarMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.27.17

File size:
45.9 MB (48,163,864 bytes)

Product version:
1.41.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\x64dcrhj9h\shicn5buzx.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Bar Media

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/5/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Bar Media, O=Web Bar Media, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0F7B7C7A3031BA614438E5A48FF24DD7

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):
786432:A4SlktP1BKk8s3F1LcpWpu3P6Z1IbiLucgAQqGUGG7C+ftXpBEP7ZDqytyv:hSa10kVIpWp+P6zpuAs2C+pSJqxv

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:
8.0000

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file shicn5buzx.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://source.cdnplace.com/.../DiscoverBrowser_Setup_1.41.2_5q03deed02.exe

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