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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 6 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 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:
447be4009643c97357059890b70bde6d

SHA-1:
c7c75ee51c7c602c180aeb90c718d4633a636b63

SHA-256:
f0a8db704e4fb1b89d6c9614d60f38836f4bf1545e6dd48c5dce5c65bc78da0b

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 2:48:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3049

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

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11930

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.07.13.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.7.13.12

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.OpenCandy.Win32.17
2.0.0.2284

File size:
23.9 MB (25,021,040 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):
393216:8yfXMBfundumOO+lp+8PcQhUxwnbMOIZBt9nmyr3M6vn7O2FLQBwkEMTBAZWpcLq:8yfXWfRMKd0IU+4hhnmyr3Jv7O2dJQAg

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 12 URLs.

http://dl.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://dl2.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://dl5.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://dl3.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://dl9.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.coc.premium.exe

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

https://www.downloaden.nl/filesharing-torrents/frostwire/download/.../

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

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