sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this_downloader.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 sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this_downloader.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from y.gofor-files.net.
Publisher:
http://www.goforfiles.com/  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoforFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 464

MD5:
4273ef58cbc3afbd29d7be642c6f3f37

SHA-1:
fb22cc837be215a52cb410e87630fd9984f37c83

SHA-256:
883b680e261241b415bc98bd44114137f1f6d1232002fd10fdf438c60a6f8d7b

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.

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:
5/17/2024 4:21:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.RighwayT.Bundler (M)
16.7.10.6

File size:
7.4 MB (7,806,392 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\sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2015 8:59:59 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:
7/4/2014 6:26:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:H6qg2Z4raDWj6jD0rBfPg8d55riRJ4jTYuZyTgy:H6qrWj6ihX5WRbWyD

Entry address:
0x3D03F

Entry point:
E8, 20, F0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 98, F2, 46, 00, E8, AB, 78, 00, 00, E8, C2, 29, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B3, EF, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, F9, B5, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
358 KB (366,592 bytes)

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