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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.adshost2.com.
Publisher:
Maxiget Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4b08206eccf28cc241e356fddf658fe1

SHA-1:
f8a947c752ee974d6328b8cb74d42e0d05321f1a

SHA-256:
8831303c2a678b9f37cb3c69cc61b54a6c9412669f74142b4b445d5d1bdc49b5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:18:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.8.23

File size:
130.2 KB (133,280 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 1:41:32 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 1:41:32 PM

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:
8/22/2013 10:31:26 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:cQZE84622OVZcTIuPz6ck+9utttt5/DDgP:cF846GXcTVLnf8DD

Entry address:
0x7429

Entry point:
E8, DC, 65, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 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, 4C, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.2870

Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

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

http://www.adshost2.com/cr?b=42665&p=5268&ch=&c=17770&l=TH&h=811ba80a156725d490e70834cf60f148&t=1377612512803&u=http://download-faster.net/smart-download/150107/.../SaveAs.exe

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