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4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.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_4.0.3.1.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 13 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 nl.inncdn.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.3.1

MD5:
190407c7769a3045c6e8a09d35c2b93c

SHA-1:
cc2a454b07ee3e440bafdcd2792da30af1ed7385

SHA-256:
495fff65b72350b5355c3c410f2769085c923d72a07abe459a81e727058e3e0b

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 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:
5/6/2026 11:24:30 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Ask
7.1.1

AVG
Newitli
2015.0.3280

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.Bundled.bToolbar
4.0.3.141125

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.NewIT.B
20002

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0329

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.10678

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.11.25.08

McAfee
Artemis!190407C7769A
5600.6936

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cumjmn
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.U
14.11.25.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.141123

Sophos
4Share Downloader
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34552

File size:
5.5 MB (5,768,192 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_4.0.3.1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/10/2014 11:50:45 AM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 5:33:53 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B90BA60B54B37

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 9:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:TUPvzkKIq9GbJmOULXcyCNyyjPlTZvtc0/1A2T4juuIClQuzhuKt36d7BErWUY27:TUHzkKxGth8NCNVPlFuc1A2T4ZRhpt3Z

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://nl.inncdn.com/download.php?os=&icon=aHR0cDovL2ltYWdlcy5ici5zZnRjZG4ubmV0L2JyL3Njcm4vMzAzMDAwLzMwMzYxOC80c2hhcmVkLTIucG5n&desc=VW0gYXBsaWNhdGl2byBwYXJhIGFybWF6ZW5hciBlIGNvbXBhcnRpbGhhciBhcnF1aXZvcyBvbi1saW5l&name=4shared&domain=4shared&ss=&lang=pt_BR&url=aHR0cDovLzRzaGFyZWQuc29mdG9uaWMuY29tLmJy&version=121114&ins=apportalbr&gclid=CMKU14rO-MECFUsV7AodjHUAnQ

http://dc522.4shared.com/.../ojm1S47s?null

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