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4shared_desktop_3.3.5m.exe

4shared Desktop Setup

New IT Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application 4shared_desktop_3.3.5m.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ec.ccm2.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
3.3.5

MD5:
e3060f4ecc0115acecc1ce51a34ff3ee

SHA-1:
145a422b83c3cc588fd6f1db244e6f9084c7cff8

SHA-256:
4d6574c2892c30c6e55161b748519bdb6245935cd807fb251e2a06d172545b4a

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

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:
4/26/2024 10:56:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.03.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.U
14.3.19.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
25170

File size:
3.3 MB (3,502,192 bytes)

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\4shared_desktop_3.3.5m.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2011 1:00:14 AM

Valid to:
11/3/2012 10:47:52 PM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0434DD1A1F0904

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 8:19:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:KOd9ug8F66sOxpCTL7i9PZHk3zZqXlslTWnOhhn6pErmEeQzC5oPexCnPHrEZ:KOdEFVsOiLu9F4zAOlqnshnSErheh+gZ

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9891

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop_3.3.5m.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://ec.ccm2.net/es.ccm.net/download/.../4shared_Desktop_335M.exe

http://dc538.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_335M.exe

http://dc488.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_335M.exe

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