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saveas.exe

Downloader Helper

Maxiget 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 saveas.exe by Maxiget Limited has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.adshost2.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Maxiget Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Downloader Helper

Version:
3, 0, 14, 0

MD5:
1e87f0ec7c350d300029ee922d4107e2

SHA-1:
b2dd1372c192caee3c2d1ca012fd8c95f0fb8427

SHA-256:
6ba59a129f15ece7fa55c53d12946d43515dfe328f5432adf51be07901e9ab58

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:20:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Delta.F
7.11.110.144

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2016.0.3221

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Delta.C
17193

ESET NOD32
Win32/Maxiget (variant)
9.8993

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Delta
t3scan.2.2.29

McAfee
Artemis!BE3C0F483A31
5600.6877

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Delta.derfzb
0.28.6.63474

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited
15.1.23.5

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1028
7.2.23

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27930

File size:
132.2 KB (135,368 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 14, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
8/15/2013 9:41:32 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 9:41:32 AM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, 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:
045BA815265145

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2013 1:06:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:JrTdInfl0YyobKyCeiJVIdaqBNmF+sX8FHPl+Oi:vAd/yomEpGn8t+/

Entry address:
0x7F57

Entry point:
E8, 36, 68, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.3892

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

The file saveas.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.adshost2.com/cr?b=43378&p=4053&ch=&c=18071&l=SA&h=da056d2ad5f5dae511fe5beb398f9245&t=1381075026475&u=http://download-faster.net/smart-download/150107/.../SaveAs.exe

http://www.adshost2.com/cr?b=43378&p=4053&ch=&c=18071&l=SA&h=da056d2ad5f5dae511fe5beb398f9245&t=1380922226593&u=http://download-faster.net/smart-download/150107/.../SaveAs.exe

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