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frostwire-setup.exe

Installer

Norassie LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application frostwire-setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Norassie has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.frostwire.com.
Publisher:
Internet   (signed by Norassie LTD)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
7b460c2e3cf21c696a7766458eecea27

SHA-1:
128640ba4e6a24d3c75ceebd38985aedfe859fab

SHA-256:
bd22334f132236a1e76378ed5211d420e7136f3c85d5dac8e8fe3f0f549de277

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:42:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Norassie.Installer (M)
15.12.31.12

File size:
761.7 KB (779,936 bytes)

Product version:
2.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\gregory\frostwire\frostwire-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Norassie LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/27/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Norassie LTD, O=Norassie LTD, STREET="Tenancy 10, Marina House", L=Mahe, S=Mahe, PostalCode=1403, C=SC

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B3E3E3FC0BBFD6D5BC245C26F53737AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1DXpNVerLrwAkobGi0ezNWRkWFoZJ0O2PsUuNdFr75yk4V9ZUCFi2+8Y3w8:1DXD0BHbGibNWyYh05NdziZzoX8Mw8

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8571

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file frostwire-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.frostwire.com/.../frostwire-setup.exe

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