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FrostWire Setup.exe

FrostWire

Install Assistant

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application FrostWire Setup.exe by Install Assistant has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from downtoad.com.
Publisher:
Install Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
FrostWire

Version:
3.0.0.91

MD5:
26d96830f28bd52c4240751cf409d3e1

SHA-1:
76d114ae5ac57f5c8398d7ff2e3b8d54b1c141b6

SHA-256:
283122d994bd64a0c7c39c4b652681faef630c0742efb7ef177761a478cb5e29

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 12:04:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
399

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.05.28

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2877

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
1.0.20.10

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
22250

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.02

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
8.16.01.02.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-02-01_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
16.1.25

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
17.0.0.6

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallAssistant.Installer (M)
16.1.2.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.151231

File size:
996.2 KB (1,020,064 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.91

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
FrostWire Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\frostwire setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2015 11:43:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uj9BdHMb+GkIkPXFTWYA651jC9Lyr99jPmUYf8gljHP:OBdHMb+GkIkPXFTrjC969FPmUY0gljHP

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0131

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file FrostWire Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../setup.php

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