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weapon.exe

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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 weapon.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ds322.maxiget.com.
Publisher:
C  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
premium

Description:
DWD

Version:
3, 2, 1, 0

MD5:
4ce4110ee3349f835f28cf8bf436d601

SHA-1:
ca9164dbff562dcb12f70b8cc2348c47ac2e5068

SHA-256:
1121ec0070fc4f7adb48c75b1b010c7685ebfd58ab8cb7bc625f58087c67fd1f

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 '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:
4/25/2024 2:49:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.6.18

File size:
340.7 KB (348,896 bytes)

Product version:
3, 2, 1, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
-

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/30/2013 8:33:53 AM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 8:33:53 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:
04225A281DFF69

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2014 2:46:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:qt5WQy5TMl32oIt6drRgbZX5LNUdwHJWTP6WRpptw2e:q7W2V2hOrRgldNUCMDNRpptbe

Entry address:
0x1D304

Entry point:
E8, 43, 8B, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C, 24, 04...
 
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Code size:
192 KB (196,608 bytes)

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

http://ds322.maxiget.com/.../weapon.exe

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