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frostwire-installer.exe

FrostWire 6

FrostWire LLC

The application frostwire-installer.exe, “FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.” 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC

Product:
FrostWire 6

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

Version:
6.1.2.2

MD5:
f2616ab91e596430a00c7acd5fb5ba98

SHA-1:
e16e358b345f22f14735d36bda25437fe5dcf220

SHA-256:
d75dcc9a97151485d5a5e5fe8716fdf0a7a4ff9adb5615a669c83262cf331100

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 1:11:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12028

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar.A
v2015.07.13.04

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.OpenCandy.Win32.17
2.0.0.2284

File size:
24.3 MB (25,530,800 bytes)

Product version:
6.1.2.2

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.1.2.windows.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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2012 1:50:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:oAUoky8EOJihUKtd6wqxBjbry8MCTTNMtJMzmpTGkfAP8QMEZGahm+qagQaNVAHx:bOJihF6wqjGIVMtJ8mcFTG0m6mydrUg

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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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 11 URLs.

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

http://api.256file.com/.../17331_javaw.exe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-16-13-109.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.16.13.109:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-33-185.mnl50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.33.185:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-63-250.ord51.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.63.250:80)

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