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freemediaplayer.exe

United Starex Limited

The application freemediaplayer.exe by United Starex Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 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.freemedia-player.com.
Publisher:
United Starex Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7fddee3876c0d77df4df16403bdd4ecc

SHA-1:
6cc12f295d452d85921e22238f3e73171a205920

SHA-256:
540b975ed25520489861080d445a621c676d4f89954e0ce708c1363d22d298fc

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/23/2024 5:18:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Bundled
4.0.3.151230

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0364

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12633

G Data
Win32.Application.Agent.SAOIXX
15.12.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar
v2015.12.30.10

McAfee
Artemis!7FDDEE3876C0
5600.6536

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.czvfwp
0.30.26.4751

Sophos
United Starex Freeware Installer (PUA)
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45454

Zillya! Antivirus
Tool.ExtenBro.Win32.18460
2.0.0.2534

File size:
9.9 MB (10,381,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
United Starex Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/12/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=United Starex Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=United Starex 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:
104297DF3220064E2CCA90FE4D98D536

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:3G/2ZHlKR/NF1GP2RchAWWaB839sSqQdpx5UxNcqpZRMQi+7HWV4:3GuZHlKRL5RVW58NJdpx+HcqpgN+7k4

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://www.freemedia-player.com/download.php

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