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ExpressFiles Application

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application installer.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles 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.express-files.com.
Publisher:
http://www.express-files.com/  (signed by Faglaro Enterprises Limited)

Product:
ExpressFiles Application

Version:
1, 0, 0, 496

MD5:
4cc7078f9a751c3d20bd201e351ff743

SHA-1:
53ac62acbd566cf5247862b901f217532c46dfc5

SHA-256:
9692497bfa3a776df3654e4498de823e4e4d8f5978d8e89eb41671e5bcfc79ce

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:22:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2013.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.110.152

avast!
Win32:Downloader-TSH [PUP]
2014.9-140419

AVG
MalSign.Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3500

Bkav FE
W32.Clod98e.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressFiles (variant)
8.9609

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ExpressFiles
8/7/2014

F-Prot
W32/ExpressFiles.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of uninstall.exe (Adware)
2014.7.8.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ExpressFiles
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.173.9893

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3440

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.04.19.09

McAfee
Artemis!21E11F84FA19
5600.7156

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FaglaroEnterprisesLimited.J
14.8.7.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.ExpressFiles!1.9E64
23.00.65.14417

Sophos
Express Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0922
7.2.109

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
27804

File size:
8.2 MB (8,568,568 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.express-files.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
ExpressFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faglaro Enterprises Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/13/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, O=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

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

Serial number:
37B080A790663B8AF63D05448AD0343B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2014 11:38:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:wsf8mcmUM6ynFjchNXfTU3Na1VBk/5gQTwiwcqZ+7:wsERm9ONXfQdazImGwrI

Entry address:
0x2F116

Entry point:
E8, 88, C9, 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, 44, F3, 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, 90, F2, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, A4, F1...
 
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Code size:
285 KB (291,840 bytes)

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

http://www.express-files.com/EFinstaller.exe

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