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frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe

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FrostWire Team

The application frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe, “The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
FrostWire Team

Product:
FrostWire

Description:
The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth

Version:
4.21.4.0

MD5:
314ffb28d00ef4ea7a1d45762f973fd6

SHA-1:
5007e0fa5f41fb3b78a33fe27e8a2781a3129d21

SHA-256:
0ffba1b3fb45296ce753dd544360db495d24229fa6538dea56389dafc792acc6

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:09:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2015.0.3331

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9910

G Data
NSIS.Application.OpenCandy
14.10.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.07.04.11

File size:
7.6 MB (7,945,721 bytes)

Product version:
4.21.4.0

Copyright:
FrostWire Team 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 7:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:jwuaWXdNYCJdX7QRNgdFRQdBgliJ2vgyRTCD2/:jwcdfJdURBzBYvLTCW

Entry address:
0x354B

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, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.filehorse.com/download/file/.../

http://usfiles.brothersoft.com/internet/.../frostwire-4.21.4.windows.exe

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