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careless whisper.exe

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 careless whisper.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc112.4shared.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b1c06deb67871c2983102fbd7c1e0b05

SHA-1:
be705723c5dd145cae5ff854f2c08895ebd2f4b6

SHA-256:
c26ff7290d263e9c167affafe1bd5bc33b78cd24296ac74388c540d8871f6c54

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/9/2025 7:42:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
16.6.9.0

File size:
520.4 KB (532,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 6:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 4:30:34 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:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2013 1:12:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:V/4JGQmsuHX5gpl4tJu0ZFOnD87wz6613CBa:V/PsuHX5gaJ3ZFOnQ7Q3ea

Entry address:
0x970C

Entry point:
E8, 9A, 55, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 10, 68, 58, B3, 41, 00, E8, 4E, 25, 00, 00, 33, C0, 33, F6, 39, 75, 08, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 75, 20, E8, A7, 16, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, E8, C3, FA, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 83, C8, FF, E9, C4, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, D2, F6, 47, 0C, 40, 75, 5F, 57, E8, 4A, 31, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, FF, 74, 1B, 83, F8, FE, 74, 16, 8B, D0, C1, FA, 05, 8B, C8, 83, E1, 1F, C1, E1, 06, 03, 0C, 95, A0, F2, 41, 00, EB, 05, B9...
 
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Code size:
88.5 KB (90,624 bytes)

The file careless whisper.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://dc112.4shared.com/downloadhelper/exe/.../Careless Whisper.exe

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