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nexonguard.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is part of a bundled installer which provides applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application nexonguard.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 file has been seen being downloaded from dc102.4shared.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
1, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
8675d6db0502b92d8329494d59d2bd3d

SHA-1:
c6217e6b5134b2f228c08a7a1d5ac13f64f95afb

SHA-256:
8b9cac93c8ebac76e2b3be4daa5d88202f92c7890e082c7fb25e156b5419b1a1

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:
4/19/2024 8:36:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT (M)
16.5.22.13

File size:
194.9 KB (199,536 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 9:16:05 AM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 7:30:34 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:
3/13/2013 1:24:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:uU9Y/NhJDR+uHLXOTp9b4EEGAB0FSaO+yfOj36Z:u3NnF+GL+1OEEXSyf0O

Entry address:
0xAFF0

Entry point:
E8, B8, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, D4, 13, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, A4, 13, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 49, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 72, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 74, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, A4, 13, 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:
6.0544

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

https://dc102.4shared.com/downloadhelper/named/xeroxvrg/.../nexonguard.exe

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