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saveas.exe

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 10 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.adshost2.com.
Publisher:
Maxiget Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
41be859f5be35a49aab3a1fa54a1c188

SHA-1:
d0a86282ef576682adb8caf7ecebcaa74cc3fd10

SHA-256:
6f58f7190a877a95e8f2e9a46b2b50638d5cb99a33d1ec4607be1eed369f2115

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:25:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Delta.E
7.11.196.118

AVG
Trojan horse Agent4.BGSR
2014.0.4189

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Delta.C
20398

ESET NOD32
Win32/Maxiget.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Delta
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14368

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cyhtxg
0.28.6.64267

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxigetLimited.G
14.12.17.14

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
131.6 KB (134,728 bytes)

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:
9/18/2013 6:36:41 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Hjwq3fnat9KShfb+0sDoVqJqxIl3mF+s11FHPMN4O:k+favK3vsxhnd0u

Entry address:
0x7CFD

Entry point:
E8, 30, 68, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 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, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3...
 
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Entropy:
6.3979

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://www.adshost2.com/cr?b=51555&p=21050&ch=&c=20017&l=SA&h=ed6916feb003c93e4317517ef8d260bc&t=1379690037126&u=http://download-faster.net/smart-download/150112/.../SaveAs.exe

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