strangeways-here-we-come-the-smiths_downloader_165.exe

GoforFiles

Righway Technologies, Inc

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application strangeways-here-we-come-the-smiths_downloader_165.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This file is typically installed with the program GoforFiles by Righway Technologies, Inc which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
http://www.goforfiles.com/  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoforFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 270

MD5:
691241870d22b0823368f8983f6a06e3

SHA-1:
809ee34147e4862354084cd8bb7f79140d1e0c07

SHA-256:
99bfb1781272dfe958b4dcaaf5b00c311db27ddfe29082be28367405351b576d

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
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:
5/8/2024 1:38:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.825
9.0.1.086

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.ExpressFiles.AMN
8.14.03.27.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/YourFileDownloader (variant)
8.8344

Reason Heuristics
PUP.RighwayTechnologies.s
14.8.7.21

Sophos
Go For Files
4.89

File size:
4.4 MB (4,660,448 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.goforfiles.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
GoforFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\strangeways-here-we-come-the-smiths_downloader_165.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Righway Technologies, Inc", O="Righway Technologies, Inc", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0089B8C147F063769F8D685962C161E027

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/29/2012 5:12:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:4s0AJ4LEms0wqsNhjtjGH5YfHqQUReYNa1pVsDpAuieG2az:r0Ao00whBjGZYfTU3Na1HsDpAzTz

Entry address:
0xA5B3

Entry point:
E8, 0D, 66, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 64, 57, 42, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 47, 08, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 30, A7, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24...
 
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Entropy:
7.8969  (probably packed)

Code size:
94 KB (96,256 bytes)

The file strangeways-here-we-come-the-smiths_downloader_165.exe has been discovered within the following program.

GoforFiles  by Righway Technologies, Inc
GoforFiles bundles various adware toolbars including the Delta Search Toolbar (an adware toolbar that modifies the user's web browser home page, search settings and other settings).
www.goforfiles.com
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The file strangeways-here-we-come-the-smiths_downloader_165.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://go.goforfiles.com/.../xjlIYId4HT2VeOdzzSOydHRqtmc3KLdrPRiqbD8=