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b1freearchiver.exe

Installer B1 Free Archiver

Catalina Group Ltd

The application b1freearchiver.exe by Catalina Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This file is typically installed with the program B1 Free Archiver by Catalina Group Ltd. The file has been seen being downloaded from b1.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://b1.org/  (signed by Catalina Group Ltd)

Product:
Installer B1 Free Archiver

Version:
2, 6, 27, 0

MD5:
263a461d7fa861b61c785ada8e887580

SHA-1:
c56c872585913cb54ba71ccc0d5d3a74bf95a1cd

SHA-256:
a2d55b61109da3c0335c18baec52310a721046d5f7a19c3f80deb04602427a18

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:56:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/4Shared.Gen4
8.3.1.6

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.10841
9.0.1.0185

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Catalina.CatalinaGroup.Installer (M)
15.7.4.22

File size:
26.9 MB (28,180,280 bytes)

Product version:
2, 6, 27, 0

Copyright:
Copyright(C) 2014

Original file name:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\b1freearchiver.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Ltd

Authority:
Catalina Group Ltd

Valid from:
4/16/2015 12:53:24 PM

Valid to:
1/1/2040 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Catalina Group Ltd

Issuer:
CN=Catalina Group Ltd

Serial number:
F16F6DA8DF8C458545A6335860591E9C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/21/2015 1:22:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:Kvj5Q4yAO/Uu1hIBZby/+EExMD119R8dcTMnGGI:WQ4yrbhIbbnxMh19RKGGI

Entry address:
0x5B26A

Entry point:
E8, 9F, DA, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04...
 
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Code size:
470 KB (481,280 bytes)

The file b1freearchiver.exe has been discovered within the following program.

B1 Free Archiver  by Catalina Group Ltd
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The file b1freearchiver.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://b1.org/download.jsp?buildId=55&os=Linux

http://b1.org/smart-download/0/.../B1FreeArchiver_1.5.86.exe

http://b1.org/smart-download/0/.../B1FreeArchiver_1.5.86.exe

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