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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.filepuma.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC  (signed by Frostwire, LLC)

Product:
FrostWire 6

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

Version:
6.1.2.2

MD5:
c2cc0ec9d40c659045938f39bba5e55c

SHA-1:
bbc6b72b3c63d8444a6742d4628ad175df6574f2

SHA-256:
7ebaedd36247982c85ab7f83525875f464561bbd58bd599f49bc4377fff5198e

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:
4/27/2024 1:18:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Opencandy-9
0.98/21511

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.06.27.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy (M)
16.12.4.21

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.OpenCandy.Win32.17
2.0.0.2255

File size:
23.9 MB (25,018,232 bytes)

Product version:
6.1.2.2

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.1.2.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 6\frostwire-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Frostwire, LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/15/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:59:59 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:
1D7A4AAFCC0AB1DA66F415A36B7AE75A

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:+dfhuBWdl9fN6VN9zvSN+yB1yGHFMl7II7fyYLkU9a/lpJ12KLWBP2d630IEGnm:QEBO96nGN+K1yGHKl7pkU0l12KLied6g

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:
7.9935

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 15 URLs.

http://www.filepuma.com/file/1435864922c9085/frostwire_6.1.2/.../0/

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

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

https://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/GdMz3qqhStcXXGSOMFbnHyCHrY8vevqOH2T6aQjaLAOqzX7U-cNE0_j1dOTNnAtevJD71QOQKWem8-_OvrZmItzz80rsDHz8Tf9PdyfXHXiqpEhwOCRYurPBaKP5YSny/MyB8XviVbU4sYy4uqSPvmrFBhFBu4bDdGtfg3u9J6kYOWLudqg_8Y1dh9NB6g4qtw9OXIs94SJCxbVTgJ_iDy-BNnn-QKfRpJZJtt0bLECW9oHvgU093edQt9HXtlzVi/RMn1qY5I86kp07vbwfpAGS_mo6Vv51NEo2YLLG3xCZpUKr9JDgWWIUuqbRC66J-uk7cUpanFpIVUEcVS4jhQuhhW8TZADIfO0ixrWrFrh6ZO4QOd0nGDGWjSfpDC2uas/.../

http://dl8.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl1.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl10.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl7.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl6.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl2.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl9.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl4.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl5.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl3.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://www.filepuma.com/file/1438221423c9085/frostwire_6.1.2/0/.../

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