uninstall.exe

SimpleFiles

Blisbury LLP

The application uninstall.exe by Blisbury LLP has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program SimpleFiles by http://www.simple-files.com/. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
http://www.simple-files.com/  (signed by Blisbury LLP)

Product:
SimpleFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 464

MD5:
81e183561b6084a390b7761500867d4e

SHA-1:
51812ac29a629136309e5167e8002975d699c29f

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:24:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/ExpressInst.C
7.11.174.250

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-160215

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2832

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.046

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.H potentially unwanted (variant)
10.11533

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
11.2016-15-02_2

G Data
Win32.Application.Expressdownloader
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15711

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Babylon.csuksh
0.30.20.1219

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Blisbury.httpwwwsimplefiles.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39486

File size:
5.1 MB (5,377,328 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.simple-files.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
SimpleFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\simplefiles\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/13/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blisbury LLP, O=Blisbury LLP, STREET=Suite 3.15, STREET=One Fetter Lane, L=London, S=London, PostalCode=EC4A 1BR, C=GB

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

Serial number:
3A064626CE173599127D78C730697B78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/12/2013 3:11:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:braklEEnpiCiIy5XzX7N6dteNAVv7b2fyqUV:OuiCnYDXJ6dteNAVv7Kf8V

Entry address:
0x199DD

Entry point:
E8, 78, 8A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, A4, AA, 43, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 79, 33, 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, 60, 9B, 41, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9303  (probably packed)

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
SimpleFiles

Display publisher:
http://www.simple-files.com/

Display version:
1.2.0

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\SimpleFiles\uninstall.exe"


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