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saveas.exe

Filegetter

Maxiget 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 saveas.exe, “Helps file downloading” by Maxiget Limited has been detected as adware by 22 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 sly.simple-get.net.
Publisher:
Company limited  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Filegetter

Description:
Helps file downloading

Version:
3, 3, 40, 0

MD5:
4ec35140cffe3cb662aeafa9aa1ce621

SHA-1:
2a39933fef9dac1f5eff94a0ca731eab12a88298

SHA-256:
c460117b63f0a32fd61f06a4cd5aac4df3dcb0dc573ed981231bb95cfff26e8b

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer version of the software and bundles additional offers including adware.

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:
4/25/2024 6:11:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.58208
926

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.4Shared
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.160.16

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3404

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.58208
1.0.20.1020

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLW.Autoruner1.33500
9.0.1.0204

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.58208
8.14.07.23.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/4Shared.V potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.58208
11.2014-23-07_4

G Data
Win32.Application.4shared
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.4Shared.U
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.08.07.09

McAfee
PUP-FIW
5600.7060

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.58208
15.0.0.612

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Autoruner1.dcjmyy
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.23.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxigetLimited.G
14.8.7.21

Sophos
4Share Downloader
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.GetFaster
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

File size:
375.4 KB (384,424 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 40, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
Company(C)

Original file name:
FilegetterInstrumnet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 10:41:06 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 8:41:32 AM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043F9C868704FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 2:08:41 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:y489ZiC6JP4ftCbVtqNwGZJM7Nccd6oWGdnbv:y5ZiC6JP48ZtqLav6iv

Entry address:
0x2DD81

Entry point:
E8, 6C, 89, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B...
 
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Code size:
257.5 KB (263,680 bytes)

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

https://sly.simple-get.net/smart-download/.../SaveAs.exe

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