uninstall.exe

ExpressFiles Application

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application uninstall.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.express-files.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://www.express-files.com/  (signed by Faglaro Enterprises Limited)

Product:
ExpressFiles Application

Version:
1, 0, 0, 496

MD5:
9aa979e42b666697f8f979796168f85d

SHA-1:
52a2b96a9592d33963f04ca4894a5d5fb5cc0d88

SHA-256:
e1de435e1be34213d6aa09156c3b57abc9145e40f548cf7928f4cad5f1c72248

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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:
4/19/2024 9:15:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2013.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.110.152

avast!
Win32:Downloader-TSH [PUP]
2014.9-140220

AVG
Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3389

Bkav FE
W32.Clod935.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.0219

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.ExpressFiles.AMN
8.14.08.07.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressFiles (variant)
8.8653

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
8/7/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.175.10814

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3440

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.08.07.10

McAfee
Artemis!0AC7EE6F0F3B
5600.7213

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FaglaroEnterprisesLimited.J
14.8.7.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.ExpressFiles!1.9E64
23.00.65.14805

Sophos
Express Files
4.91

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0721
7.2.51

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
20184

File size:
7.3 MB (7,636,576 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

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

Original file name:
ExpressFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/13/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, O=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

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

Serial number:
37B080A790663B8AF63D05448AD0343B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2013 7:12:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:ZzQnw11gJJJW679fTU3Na1SSkydo/lp0yiw6Y:Z516JJJf9fQdaQRyWxl6Y

Entry address:
0xE387

Entry point:
E8, B9, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, B7, 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, 10, E5, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9485  (probably packed)

Code size:
110.5 KB (113,152 bytes)

The file uninstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://inst.express-files.com/.../oIWTKuYDlbdwFIF18xJTps8Qg3bMUJ2xD1Nfw==

http://inst.express-files.com/.../NVgBKOcOVG5hDsX4chTFuXTE0HdyFgB0c9eAt85Qg==

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