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removewat.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 removewat.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from rt3.getdownload.net.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
2, 5, 8, 0

MD5:
6119cfaffe91ac82700809028632372c

SHA-1:
7666592278d646110ccaa9b1774b64d0f3bb91e5

SHA-256:
99b8e80b6a2b512bf02fb8720ba000b7b76194cf788f2c6dd4eb46d335e66c3e

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 11:28:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of saveas.th.exe (PUP)
2015.9.17.5

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
15.8.8.20

File size:
1.8 MB (1,850,224 bytes)

Product version:
2, 5, 8, 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\removewat.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 3:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 1:30:34 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:
7/15/2013 7:33:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:zdD0aezur/bc6/nRJ/aOheDkPQcKiwMH5yUKc5thLfrXa7sjybqS9pErw2/6pBLv:zdD0wbMlhCLru

Entry address:
0xD9CE

Entry point:
E8, BB, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 34, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, 33, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 4B, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 75, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 77, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, 33, 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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Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

http://rt3.getdownload.net/downloadhelper/named/xeroxep32190_br/TRajeOW6/.../RemoveWAT.exe

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