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ExpressFiles Application

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application installer.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 22 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:
f3f7919c45a3bbda107bf78796485b43

SHA-1:
e04b6b7ef14de2e904f13fb6ee35c3557dcbb05c

SHA-256:
74d999150396317a7db9fbb1d96cdd35727355ddd9e876b36d97e224de4a6cc2

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/18/2024 10:07:18 PM 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]
2014.9-140807

AVG
MalSign.Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3389

Bkav FE
W32.Clod935.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressFiles (variant)
8.9757

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ExpressFiles
8/7/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ExpressFiles
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11984

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.08.07.10

McAfee
PUP-FJJ!FD90B2D4980C
5600.7045

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
23.00.65.14805

Sophos
Express Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0430
7.2.219

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
28884

File size:
8.6 MB (9,068,792 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:
12/12/2012 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:
1/31/2014 7:33:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:jry8mcmUM6ynFjchNXfTU3Na1mwc7d2v3eHwD5Z+l:jrdRm9ONXfQdasFEv3e2y

Entry address:
0x2DE66

Entry point:
E8, 28, C6, 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, 24, D3, 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, E0, DF, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, F4, DE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9486  (probably packed)

Code size:
279 KB (285,696 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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