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freedocumentsopener.exe

Fedder Corporation Limited

The application freedocumentsopener.exe by Fedder Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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 www.documentsviewer.com.
Publisher:
Fedder Corporation Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
faac2ccee1cc892062ae57ff9133c0b9

SHA-1:
26bc536fb892e23700387a0f733c77ebc17a36c9

SHA-256:
709c8355ec7613312bef7ce1b2070b13631ea507984d66985acec853b67f96fe

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:49:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0279

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
9.9174

McAfee
Artemis!E6C0E00D76F9
5600.6620

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.FedderCorporation.Installer.Meta
15.8.19.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1015
7.2.279

File size:
4.4 MB (4,651,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\freedocumentsopener.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fedder Corporation Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/17/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fedder Corporation Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Fedder Corporation Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
22D2B6AFF4224506F133F373AAB07BFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 12:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:1R2W8fPQYVw3DPlCb4zuhKdKQHxL7Px9+RYPklmWzk6:18WoQgUYZh5q7PLmYMlmW7

Entry address:
0x38AF

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, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9965

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

http://www.documentsviewer.com/FreeDocumentsOpener.exe

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