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freeziphelper.exe

Nicetex Ltd

The application freeziphelper.exe by Nicetex 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 ziplockerz.com.
Publisher:
Nicetex Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c0b356bed88690cef3a5ad7779d497d

SHA-1:
d23f0f4faba063fe5cd2e1b9530ee1523cbdd76f

SHA-256:
c322498e5b98edfd6cdf810d4d6a4a142d40f7a0fce7b6ab26ac5d36876b0511

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:
5/10/2024 11:07:25 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0169

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9861

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.06.18.09

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmyi
0.28.0.59921

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Nicetex.N
14.6.23.23

File size:
1.9 MB (1,983,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nicetex Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Nicetex Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Nicetex Ltd, 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:
2DD8F3D5B9C9F70F512CB8B8D6A2D2D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:V6kvz+X6dizYcZQGHI/z9NZEJ16oZIASY:VH+X67oQGaNZET6hY

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://ziplockerz.com/FreeZipHelper.exe

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