» snow_full.exe
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snow_full.exe

Freeze.com, LLC

This is the InstallX/InstallIQ download manager and installer that will bundle offers during setup for additional PUPs and other unwanted software. The application snow_full.exe, “Snowy Scenes Screen Saver” by Freeze.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer.

File name:

snow_full.exe

Publisher:

W3i (signed by Freeze.com, LLC)

Description:

Snowy Scenes Screen Saver

Version:

1.1.0.74437

MD5:

7db6dbb0d27c51690cec3e5177e4ace8

SHA-1:

91056f974079e059a466a73c4cec7ea30e045129

SHA-256:

8806ca3d91c8efcf715c0a0067c5208ee3b951a07f1fda0a3c12c44dfe54dbe2

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 4:38:49 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallX.Freeze (M)

15.6.19.14

File size:

2.8 MB (2,884,768 bytes)

W3i

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Wise Installer

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Freeze.com, LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/12/2006 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/10/2008 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Freeze.com, LLC", OU=Downloads, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Freeze.com, LLC", L=Waite Park, S=Minnesota, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

381C0A132449FD80800D1E5CFE68ECC8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/8/1999 4:24:47 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:GkkU6jc7951djOQZQXPIm8VBNvneRWOUFh2wcvL00HmtTy4dZj3sEX/PkeVW9:5kUWU1dCQQz8VvveoCI0HmtTBvj3smW9

Entry address:

0x1000

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50... 
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Packer / compiler:

Wise Installer Stub

Code size:

512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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