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frostwire-5.5.4.windows.exe

FrostWire 5

Frostwire, LLC

The application frostwire-5.5.4.windows.exe, “The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth” by Frostwire has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.frostwire.com.
Publisher:
FrostWire Team  (signed by Frostwire, LLC)

Product:
FrostWire 5

Description:
The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth

Version:
5.5.4.0

MD5:
b2bd48e274366647c6bd5baacb543af5

SHA-1:
aba596e267202b80f39e06608cbde855e15a251d

SHA-256:
7bb8d45dffb95a13c3427428cd6f5f43d40962356697979c2e7fce5d37a0b6c1

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:33:46 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.8620

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.12.1.7

File size:
18 MB (18,873,088 bytes)

Product version:
5.5.4.0

Copyright:
FrostWire Team 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-5.5.4.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-5.5.4.windows.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Frostwire, LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Frostwire, LLC", O="Frostwire, LLC", L=Miami Beach, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
264DCE56AC64C06671DB1D22E4E51941

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2012 7:50:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:oiZvxnWA1LUe8+9RsCnOgfX0I+/jmpfIXESDqgkvMNmMSi8WR3XU4D:o2vxWANUe89C1/kuEe9UNmMSIRB

Entry address:
0x3A02

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, F0, 91, 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, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 38, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 34, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 1A, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 08, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9894

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file frostwire-5.5.4.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-5.5.4.windows.exe

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