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FrostWire Setup.exe

FrostWire

Download Publisher

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager 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 Download Publisher 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.downtoad.com.
Publisher:
Download Publisher  (signed and verified)

Product:
FrostWire

Version:
3.0.0.60

MD5:
8d9b2b366ae0edd48c46c1e6fa69cf41

SHA-1:
d978eb869843a1039eae3c2e053c8140054c6d2a

SHA-256:
aa36886039969c4b78243e89311aafbebbc664f58324a826c6d742d04ee94f05

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 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:
5/15/2024 6:53:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.19.22

File size:
784.1 KB (802,912 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.60

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
FrostWire Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Publisher

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Publisher, O=Download Publisher, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
5ECC09F6F591E0329759887CAC9A3B81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 5:55:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zlr21xKpH69CnyeufYUKGD35mU80ZFlTC8uqzeseFF2wBM2Ap44lDz6kmoyUxyoz:zp2syeufYUbVhZnJGFk44JzlBywHz

Entry address:
0x4CC9F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1223

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

http://software.downtoad.com/v2/click/a7e403ac/?d=http://www.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/frostwire.exe&n=FrostWire&key=eb623f80eebbb2a540c29a2f9137d92b5a0d55714ca101c358cd3ceec1894a83&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/google-002/frostwire/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/google-002/frostwire/.../installsplash.png&filename=FrostWire Setup&sid=Google002-USA-FrostWire----

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