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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 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 express-files.com.
Publisher:
http://www.express-files.com/  (signed by Faglaro Enterprises Limited)

Product:
ExpressFiles Application

Version:
1, 0, 0, 496

MD5:
9193b9dc887ab0350e5d6f69be59fdb6

SHA-1:
fc89b39a04f6b54f07cd82966cb5dd282a525d18

SHA-256:
3a5ef4f18b301d71fb6af11d05fba838463e7aca0bf05ef588f1e20a1de64ac5

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:
4/28/2024 8:53:10 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]
2014.9-140712

AVG
MalSign.Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3416

Bkav FE
W32.Clod935.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.0193

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressFiles (variant)
8.9757

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ExpressFiles
7/12/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11984

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3475

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.07.12.12

McAfee
PUP-FJJ!FD90B2D4980C
5600.7072

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
23.00.65.14710

Sophos
Express Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0430
7.2.193

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
28884

File size:
7.6 MB (8,001,280 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:
12/13/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 3:59:59 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:
7/4/2014 4:41:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:xPEW8mcmUM6+76mjWhNXfTU3Na1mWSRA5THfObqZ+v:xPEZRmR5kNXfQda4RRA9Hf9M

Entry address:
0x3974F

Entry point:
E8, 11, ED, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 70, AF, 46, 00, E8, 2B, 78, 00, 00, E8, C2, 29, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A4, EC, 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, 3F, A7, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9380  (probably packed)

Code size:
343 KB (351,232 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
ExpressFiles

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

Display version:
10.14.28

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


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

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

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