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the sounds of silence.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application the sounds of silence.exe by New IT Limited 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 New IT Desktop Setup installer.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
1, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
390faeb6df8a9c149d57803e82a9775e

SHA-1:
9559ca7cf3ca7d26b8c575ac808c09c837fcdc9a

SHA-256:
03ef58698e29e16a25523a6a1a53eb1344845ccc9dc71b0ed4b7f466288552dd

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:
4/16/2024 4:31:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.2

File size:
1018.9 KB (1,043,312 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the sounds of silence.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 3:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 1:30:34 PM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, 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:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/19/2013 12:15:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:HOz8dwav7sit4dSGa7ggzu7CQjcmi+QnTN3vJxdjpaD:u4dwajsi7Ga7YCQjcmifnTlv5jE

Entry address:
0xC41D

Entry point:
E8, BB, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 24, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, 23, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 4C, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 75, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 77, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, 23, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Code size:
102.5 KB (104,960 bytes)

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