installer.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 installer.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.goforfiles.com.
Publisher:
http://www.goforfiles.com/  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoforFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 464

MD5:
382cc31b06fab13a5b95cb4be8c914d2

SHA-1:
2f74859bb4d6cc91b310b04420c9ed2c4c04ec28

SHA-256:
cb3c4497abd9580ecbb7089077639d01f2f421909e3591a154fe5cf745962e50

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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:
4/16/2024 8:58:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
16.02.19

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/ExpressFiles.A
7.11.110.156

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-160219

AVG
Righway Technologies
2017.0.2829

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.YourFileDownloader
4.0.3.16219

Bkav FE
W32.Clod57e.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.Agent.~A
16192

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4798, Adware.Downware.4798
9.0.1.050

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.10243911
8.16.02.19.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.H potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/YourFileDownloader
2/19/2016

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Win32.ExpressDownloader
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12212

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GoForFiles.A
v2016.02.19.11

McAfee
Artemis!1CADB0AA6B4B
5600.6485

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.193.2090.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Babylon.csuksh
0.28.0.59921

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.RighwayTechnologies.Bundler (M)
16.2.19.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.GoForFiles!1.9F70
23.00.65.16217

Sophos
Go For Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1225
7.2.50

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.08BK13
10.465.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Downware.ExpressDownloader
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
31088

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.5.21

File size:
6.8 MB (7,180,360 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\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/22/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
4/17/2014 4:47:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:7EraDWj6jD0rBfPg8d55riRJ4jTYF95JyTgI:7pWj6ihX5WRbjyl

Entry address:
0x37346

Entry point:
E8, FE, CD, 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, CF, 46, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, E0, 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, C0, 74, 43, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, D4, 73...
 
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Entropy:
7.9227  (probably packed)

Code size:
328.5 KB (336,384 bytes)

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

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