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frostwire-installer.exe

FrostWire 6

Frostwire, LLC

The application frostwire-installer.exe, “FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.” by Frostwire 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. 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 www.oldapps.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC  (signed by Frostwire, LLC)

Product:
FrostWire 6

Description:
FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.

Version:
6.0.5.1

MD5:
05b12a0ceb1bec8bf37f3a2a9db97eff

SHA-1:
48fa75fa7fb37b827004e5df7ceabbd6bf031da2

SHA-256:
84b92819b825841377ecd47909163018e9bd9491a3317c5205f1043bdf72d680

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/30/2024 9:45:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3213

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.55
9.0.1.030

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11099

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.01.30.05

File size:
22.4 MB (23,536,168 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.5.1

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.0.5.windows.coc.premium.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\frostwire\frostwire-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Frostwire, LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 11:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
09D268CAD4DA0DAC98A717A1B232D9AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2012 12:50:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:R1/sBX2MnL7ScLgS9BYAWc8AwuhxF2H/IOB85cf9wfsBsDubhB+QgCrb:7/zMnBdnvWcgI4rDBMiL

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:
7.9928

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file frostwire-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://www.oldapps.com/frostwire.php?app=05B12A0CEB1BEC8BF37F3A2A9DB97EFF

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.5.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://download.oldapps.com/.../frostwire-6.0.5.windows.exe

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