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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 5 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:
6.0.4.1

MD5:
1531af1872154ef86a7a77c8a1c1d307

SHA-1:
ca8bd91e6b4ac1913c79608ee2930babf93000a4

SHA-256:
b1ecbadc84f2650de4b05a4f06f8280fab935219edd43a279b7b78201d9ca30b

Scanner detections:
5 / 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 4:07:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3225

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.55
9.0.1.018

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.01.18.11

McAfee
Artemis!1531AF187215
5600.6881

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0117
7.2.18

File size:
22.4 MB (23,531,888 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.4.1

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.0.4.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:
11/2/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 4:59:59 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 4:50:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:JpzRvlZDtOert/4BdkBh2uFOSDx5NuWoSnY6/0yuUWu77AZzfvBMvOpmmqPxrJa:J7BOE6kB5oWNJluUWsCfvBMqePxrQ

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:
7.9927

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 6 URLs.

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

&onid=2196&oid=3001-2196_4-10627624&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=internet/file-sharing&topicbrcrm=&pid=14022410&mfgid=6290189&merid=6290189&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=e114fde5a136b0a30a9d5d34&viewguid=TSQriPTMD8cGs-Ek@-S9a-Z-vxf6YaD7BQKH&destUrl=http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

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

http://main1.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.4.windows.exe

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

http://download.oldapps.com/.../frostwire-6.0.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

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