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i want this-bg.exe

I Want This

Friendly Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application i want this-bg.exe by Friendly Apps has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program I Want This by 215 Apps which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address tlb.hwcdn.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

i want this-bg.exe

Publisher:

215 Apps (signed by Friendly Apps)

Product:

I Want This

Description:

I Want This exe

Version:

1.1.150.66

MD5:

6fa44a262870f39988ae85c2e36f65e2

SHA-1:

000675fa73b4c76aaac0f1e2e4308493ffaad1ee

SHA-256:

655e2c51a01909e3a73600b025a489091c2d0d1b1de730d7b99922d3f79cd6ec

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:

5/9/2024 1:26:26 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.50OnRed.FriendlyApps (M)

16.1.27.1

File size:

770.9 KB (789,384 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.150.66

Original file name:

I Want This.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\i want this\i want this-bg.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Friendly Apps

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

5/1/2012 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:

5/2/2013 4:29:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Friendly Apps, O=Friendly Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

56D17D2D52C2BC3A2CECDA129CA33619

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/2/2012 3:51:45 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:kr/yaeE5iN+AG5UQveZq9pN2kw5ZaiRGejitM1OT9CTO654rF:kr/yaeGw+5CQ5pjktGe7I9CTO65o

Entry address:

0x6CEB3

Entry point:

E8, 1A, A7, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, 8D, D8, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, A8, CE, 4B, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01... 
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Entropy:

6.5491

Code size:

643.5 KB (658,944 bytes)

The file i want this-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

I Want This by 215 Apps

I Want This (i want this.dll) is a web browser extension loaded with Internet Explorer via the I Want This BHO.

iw.antthis.com

88% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a104-96-90-203.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (104.96.90.203:80)

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