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marine2free.exe

Freeze.com Installation Utility

W3i, LLC

Part of an InstallX (InstallIQ) installation, a PUP that may bundle additional adware on the computer. The application marine2free.exe by W3i has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
W3i, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Freeze.com Installation Utility

Version:
1, 0, 36, 0

MD5:
02d99c3b5f25248c62d20c51daff00ff

SHA-1:
3ef14d783120514589dc94840572dc4ff9aa09b8

SHA-256:
500d8bb5600761f76016c16c377518e700287332406a5faf3fdc8e87fbf51273

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:48:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallX.W3i.Installer (M)
16.1.29.20

File size:
12.1 MB (12,680,312 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 36, 0

Copyright:
Copyright ©2007 W3i Holdings, LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
FreezeWrapWin.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\marine2free.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
W3i, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2007 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2009 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="W3i, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="W3i, LLC", L=Sartell, S=Minnesota, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
391B1DE3FDF7D68124136D1483C16B21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/21/2008 8:16:30 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:g/T+ryj3CESTDBqVELglFgYoOy1sBRsiRVhb:g/tjyESY0d1liRsiRHb

Entry address:
0x134604

Entry point:
E8, 20, C5, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, FF, 75, 10, 8D, 4D, E8, E8, B6, E9, FF, FF, 8B, 45, EC, 33, DB, 39, 58, 08, 75, 22, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 2B, 28, 00, 00, 38, 5D, F4, 59, 59, 0F, 84, FA, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, F0, 83, 61, 70, FD, E9, EE, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 3B, C3, 75, 2B, E8, 53, 75, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 58, 7F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 38, 5D, F4, 74, 07, 8B, 45, F0, 83, 60, 70, FD, 33, C0, E9, BC, 00, 00, 00, 38, 18, 75, 14, 38, 5D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9219  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,490,944 bytes)

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