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ExpressFiles Application

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application installer.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program ExpressFiles by http://www.express-files.com/. 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:
cd08f9477625a837756e87918640bdb1

SHA-1:
81710af53a99993f67bf5b5c094d670fa3e8bd5b

SHA-256:
2417f21e798ad6d2cdec12e536680ea7889a1594c8d6209f12427d8dda12b8ae

Scanner detections:
31 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 2:15:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.426646
807

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2013.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.110.152

avast!
Win32:Downloader-TSH [PUP]
2014.9-141120

AVG
Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3285

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.ExpressDownloader
4.0.3.141120

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.426646
1.0.20.1620

Bkav FE
W32.Clod935.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-8641
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
19383

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.0324

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.426646
8.14.11.20.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader (variant)
8.10521

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ExpressFiles
11/20/2014

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.426646
11.2014-20-11_5

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ExpressFiles
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13597

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2919

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.11.20.02

McAfee
PUP-FJJ!FD90B2D4980C
5600.6941

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.2279.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.426646
15.0.0.972

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
Adware.FaglaroEnterprisesLimited.J
14.11.20.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.ExpressFiles!1.9E64
23.00.65.141118

Sophos
Express Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0430
7.2.324

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
33712

File size:
8.2 MB (8,606,200 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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faglaro Enterprises Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/12/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/13/2015 3:59:59 PM

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:
7/7/2014 7:52:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:AV/M2Za8mcmUM6+76mjWhNXfTU3Na1LWSRA5THfO4qZ+p:AV/HRmR5kNXfQdaRRRA9Hfgq

Entry address:
0x3760E

Entry point:
E8, FD, E1, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C8, 7A, 46, 00, E8, 3C, 77, 00, 00, E8, 3A, 29, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 90, E1, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 60, 9E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9340  (probably packed)

Code size:
338.5 KB (346,624 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
ExpressFiles

Display publisher:
http://www.express-files.com/

Display version:
10.14.41

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\ExpressFiles\uninstall.exe"


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

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

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