adwcleaner.exe

AdwCleaner from Xplode is a free application designed to search for and remove adware such as browser toolbars and other potentially unwanted programs and specifically targets software that is bundled with free programs that you download from the web. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.bleepingcomputer.com and multiple other hosts.
Version:
3.0.1.2

MD5:
9812917fe2fcdea2fd800573d7842e5d

SHA-1:
ce8c33a3ecb413df9562ac065a50d603d613d91f

SHA-256:
64aab5d27f2dc8b2b2c1e46642c53b86b5c4aa4d67cac558e36c3081d4004128

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

False Positives:
A number of engines detected this file but were erroneous detections (false positives).

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:10:51 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
1 MB (1,085,542 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
French (France)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2012 4:32:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SthEVaPqLx/AHsGZL8kFFkVZyt+ws7GkyIsv/zVEqc:qEVUcG/98kFFkvq3vXc

Entry address:
0xB5E60

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, F8, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9862

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
268 KB (274,432 bytes)

The file adwcleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/091f291b1bdfddee56bae45f82b4d12b/52845546/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/78d1a4de37d7d71fe19165e90d22ba99/5282347f/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/46a77dec58a24aefd72343306cbe177c/528a2394/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/b8e4b451c0b2ace3ff5fbc9f8f97bb46/528bd617/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/7af1bd21c7d3aca8033189e71fbbba5f/529092d7/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/21e0bf6376e34fd5d1327e229e2a44df/52829fa2/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/IQlewo5u1k3JUhEbv940lH1G8berCa6SoP1X0xIqfV0mOOpwnuHQr82hC2a1B3iYU21FBkrVaWf0TBCwI4S2JaLxhcnAdlT2CUIb4KieRmBIOORLRWvPeYlCrYP8u_T7/GRzI-bUyH42uewEhCUTj-qAsfxkWerun_EZQKTP8w_rkHjtSmJZW_1T4a-pJlBpcVWWKMtP1r241ccHP7YI8DAoKF0x3RoRU0I7PdCg5wKbMOeHUemgmrmQyBEIR-jtN/.../

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/258bfa2e3024af243b8a8d3e65fb4bb5/528c0d48/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

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