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zipinstall.exe

Soft

Bimo Media LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application zipinstall.exe, “Soft Setup ” by Bimo 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.broadapplicationcounter.com.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by Bimo Media LTD)

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
4.5.1.8

MD5:
b7caecc1b7d207f3b7dd39aa1af3af47

SHA-1:
19f4d3855c76b9488be7f357b029a5abe6845e93

SHA-256:
e58e1269a6bd0d8ffba984124b5163dc6ba840bf0818340d8372e6f58ca66902

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:
4/19/2024 8:14:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.BimoMedi.Installer (M)
16.4.20.19

File size:
716.2 KB (733,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.1

Copyright:
Internet generic

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bimo Media LTD

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/19/2015 3:10:22 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 3:10:22 PM

Subject:
CN=Bimo Media LTD, O=Bimo Media LTD, L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
112150F7EA6F8B6B6E7368285009EFE78651

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:YM2Ggm069Mn5IMcCJZauK8K9DVlxD0BSbCcJo7o4w6etIAZcD+uSHLiIfU3BGO8J:YM2hi9qIMpJsuK8K9ZlxDFko5XtI7K7Z

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:
7.8848

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.broadapplicationcounter.com/c?x=WO0v080Pqr4swp640K6iTFpP1jirZk6u8IMrbafo/yo=&c=6Mpg/f F750z07lcQzwrcNzeQJpYbUAaFx/dcCEWhRgZ8MPc QxZZf13VK61CXy/5Gkmt6P1QOySrP1d2k5pNdVEtULRtFhwL48eOub7XkWEQf9tJYjqFp263EktVty &fallback_url=http://.../7z938.exe&downloadAs=zipinstall.exe

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