license key avast free antivirus 2038.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application license key avast free antivirus 2038.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
2, 5, 16, 0

MD5:
56ba01f5d27d952161336e7f389a3d4b

SHA-1:
48ff42a34319d39f0a1a471b02f6eb529603a957

SHA-256:
124c81da59d7ecb388753a67f2eaee3591f32b120be475b7120a6897c5e5e5ce

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/20/2024 2:51:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.NewITLimited.f
14.2.16.11

File size:
1.6 MB (1,680,752 bytes)

Product version:
2, 5, 16, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\license key avast free antivirus 2038.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 12:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 10:30:34 AM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2013 8:47:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0hi1BfsCYiZ6Aum6pEXgjjIEUvksWh2s:0hi1eCLruogwd

Entry address:
0x12312

Entry point:
E8, A7, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 94, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, 00, 94, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 57, 33, 00, 00, 59, E8, 61, 60, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 63, 60, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, 00, 94, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.8864  (probably packed)

Code size:
128 KB (131,072 bytes)

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