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paltalk 10.3.exe

4shared Desktop Setup

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 paltalk 10.3.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from rt4.getdownload.net.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.3.1

MD5:
b18cf461070b31ea53dfd563ecbe750b

SHA-1:
73dc58c8c922bdfb2213e849acbdfd86fb9c66ec

SHA-256:
97cf22264ca5a5ea22c36ea177ba5f447a1985e4c5176793d55f28cf2eb64f4f

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 4:43:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of طـرق الطعـن في الأحكـام القضـائية في قانـون الاجـراءات المدنية والإداريـة.exe (Adware)
2014.1.2.14

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.01.02.10

McAfee
Artemis!A8563F17A5F3
5600.7263

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.NewITLimited.L
14.2.16.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.131231

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
7.2.2

File size:
5.5 MB (5,770,848 bytes)

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 5:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 3:30:34 PM

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:
4/10/2010 12:19:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:sWO7Z+ByxlOyexgcs6ArgkStxQM7osPuI+sPtumURA8oGNoD8MyeDFtGi5PHgS4A:st78By/OyexgT1l+P7jPz+dtHoKc/GMH

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file paltalk 10.3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://rt4.getdownload.net/downloadhelper/named/desktop_4031/uh8g2J3c/.../paltalk 10.3.exe

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