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frostwire_setup.exe

Advertiso GmbH

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 by Advertiso GmbH has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Advertiso GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
81c0b7c646012bdb7baf36ca6bc2f53c

SHA-1:
6a62e1f5bc12104b6d71c956c9f6c29a71086fe7

SHA-256:
82d72632fb62e6c3383a2011326b2729d467e065cd55b049971ea0fbd3db40d5

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/26/2024 11:41:42 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.180.144

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3269

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28386
9.0.1.0266

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QC potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of daemon-tools-ultra_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.20

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AdvertisoGmbH.P
14.9.23.16

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
33706

File size:
779.2 KB (797,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advertiso GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/27/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/28/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GmbH, O=Advertiso GmbH, STREET=Kiebitzhof 1a, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, PostalCode=22089, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5E967C83796D144C896154F79240904C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Z6v0h+bWRGGGTDgWPd1HXDlftuy8Vt4sDMF:Zq8s40td1Bftuy8t4j

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:
7.7852

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.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/securecloudfiledownload1409697641/fast/downloads/82606/.../frostwire_setup.exe

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