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4shared_desktop_4.0.2.9_ask_en.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_4.0.2.9_ask_en.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.filehippo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.2.9

MD5:
4c78b770b805baab82f2b0c3f980b368

SHA-1:
159edeb589ed9b8b1a0b9251369dc3f30623a813

SHA-256:
471ed7b7799ae00027fe5b74a0d8457d963aa9b891e47eab9b0a92e3d83e39a5

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:19:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0356

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
7.9189

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2013.12.22.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.BB
14.3.2.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.131220

File size:
5.4 MB (5,614,520 bytes)

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 12:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 10:30:34 AM

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:
2B2A165690BBAA

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

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:3ianIpQUpiwINGFbUJVut8gEmshP/rpeagf/fZZMTgrXgwXunobX7qhzb:3L4QUpiw6puKrp7gfZ1wwXuny+hP

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:
7.9943

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop_4.0.2.9_ask_en.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 8 URLs.

http://www.filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://dc676.4shared.com/.../e060DbgG

http://www.filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://fs40.filehippo.com/9022/.../4shared_Desktop_4.0.2.9_en.exe

http://www.4shared.com/downloadDesktop

http://www.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_4029_ask_en.exe

http://dc586.4shared.com/.../e060DbgG

https://dc586.4shared.com/.../e060DbgG

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