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frostwire-setup.exe

Groovecom

The application frostwire-setup.exe by Groovecom 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from service.downloadadmin.com.
Publisher:
Groovecom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3ccf99da0b04f7b8876dfd0a84626bb7

SHA-1:
168cfce436a9b2f968859dd668c772fc60c8fc17

SHA-256:
ebc6e749114708e2827be7b385a2d7390a6b6b2a84dd64882f91f1e054efbc4d

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.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 2:23:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
16.7.18.22

File size:
610.1 KB (624,752 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\frostwire-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/25/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Groovecom, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Groovecom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0C8ED38817030CF19BE6EE39708627BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 11:07:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:J6Q778wYSR3FpqJsZ2yHqshvJoHO/7aOXGE+MkBMzW7LomN1gxatKdceJuDF1g:J578wnR1isgEtJow7DF+dX7Lj1gA9jhu

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9697

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://service.downloadadmin.com/download/.../dl?s=google&c=1067&brand=youdownloaders.com&pid=youdownloaders&aid=2&bc=988783&country=US&cb=372046466

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