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vaudix.exe

4shared Desktop Setup

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 vaudix.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from storagenl.info.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.3.1

MD5:
35c8131ca161deab3564bc7a1934a232

SHA-1:
483b8be3c616f254e43083454c84d0139c968974

SHA-256:
2699852e0e5872960e7c7f82c48f18e8fefcc01cd9b4dcb70eb00224fc72576d

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:09:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Ask
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Toolbar-N [PUP]
2014.9-140715

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.NewIT.B
17947

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0196

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.07.15.11

McAfee
Artemis!A8563F17A5F3
5600.7068

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cumjmn
0.28.0.58491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.G
14.7.15.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.14713

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
7.2.196

File size:
5.5 MB (5,770,848 bytes)

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vaudix.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 12:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 10:30:34 AM

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:
4/10/2010 8:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:sWO7Z+ByxlOyexgcs6ArgkStxQM7osPuI+sPtumURA8oGNoD8MyeDFtGi5PHgS4A:st78By/OyexgT1l+P7jPz+dtHoKc/GMH

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9938

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file vaudix.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://storagenl.info/.../?reffer=

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