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removewat 2.2.7.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 removewat 2.2.7.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:
1a83d35bed9e797e30944e6ba1d8d44b

SHA-1:
e5691daf90f12219f3a99d9a1f73e451fffe7652

SHA-256:
238c49318cf18e1bbf9f02f0eaa08581394b57576322342520440c9e8c830677

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 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:
4/19/2024 11:12:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0299

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
9.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of طـرق الطعـن في الأحكـام القضـائية في قانـون الاجـراءات المدنية والإداريـة.exe (Adware)
2015.10.26.11

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2015.10.26.11

McAfee
Artemis!A8563F17A5F3
5600.6601

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
15.8.30.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.151024

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
7.2.299

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\removewat 2.2.7.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 7:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 5:30:34 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 3:19:31 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 removewat 2.2.7.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://rt4.getdownload.net/downloadhelper/named/desktop_4031/eMK2KBQ9/.../RemoveWat 2.2.7.exe

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