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GoforFiles.exe

GoforFiles

Righway Technologies, Inc

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application GoforFiles.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. It uses the ExpressFiles installer to bundle additional adware offers such as toolbars and web browser addons. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.goforfiles.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://www.goforfiles.com/  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoforFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 464

MD5:
224ef2759fed917cea387f71f7674ff3

SHA-1:
cc3a802674de5d78de9c2fa6947a21202f8820bf

SHA-256:
7a0880cc5e1a4f9acfeb1bff9ce4cc0f7e1f4971e2417b738eab85e7dec2e013

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:33:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140410

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2078
9.0.1.0100

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader (variant)
8.9662

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GoForFiles.A
v2014.04.10.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.RighwayTechnologies.K
14.8.7.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.GoForFiles!1.9F70
23.00.65.14408

Sophos
Go For Files
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
28194

File size:
7.5 MB (7,817,496 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.goforfiles.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
GoforFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Righway Technologies, Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Righway Technologies, Inc", O="Righway Technologies, Inc", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

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

Serial number:
0089B8C147F063769F8D685962C161E027

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2014 10:32:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:XKzwZD0rBfPg8d55riRJ4jTYDpDqDwtJyTgU:XKckhX5WRbDx/yZ

Entry address:
0x2D8D6

Entry point:
E8, C8, CB, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 04, BC, 45, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, DF, 5C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 50, DA, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, 64, D9...
 
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Entropy:
7.9369  (probably packed)

Code size:
278 KB (284,672 bytes)

The file GoforFiles.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.goforfiles.com/installer.exe

http://goforfiles.com/installer.exe

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