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cwm.exe

CHummer

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 cwm.exe, “Description is empty” 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 4sx.getafilefast.net.
Publisher:
Elit -e - Company  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
CHummer

Description:
Description is empty

Version:
3, 4, 17, 0

MD5:
28a85933879f779261b6322e906c4dd1

SHA-1:
96cc06c7c152934391bab7a9ba0df4809becf1f3

SHA-256:
b2f093483d256428541923d9d5b596c7db6115f17e21006182b42ee9f044f780

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 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:
5/16/2024 1:27:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.6.12

File size:
38.6 KB (39,568 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 53, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
No

Original file name:
DHelper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 9:00:04 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=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
049768F7F19C91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 12:19:14 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:CSrdaL6UcunGk10t/r3eidddddddOe8WO8mdkO:CS5AZGk1Y/zfdddddddOe8WIf

Entry address:
0x2586

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 08, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, F4, 20, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 00, 30, 40, 00, 68, 28, 0A, 00, 00, BE, 38, 43, B8, 00, 56, 33, DB, 53, FF, 15, 94, 30, 40, 00, 53, 68, 80, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 56, FF, 15, 8C, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 83, FE, FF, 0F, 84, 95, 00, 00, 00, 56, E8, 6F, EE, FF, FF, 59, 56, 88, 45, FF, FF, 15, 90, 30, 40, 00, 38, 5D, FF, 74, 7F, 66, 39, 1D, 28, 90, 40, 00, 74, 0A, B8, 28, 90, 40, 00, E8, 86, EF, FF, FF, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
6 KB (6,144 bytes)

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

https://4sx.getafilefast.net/.../CWM.exe

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