winzip 17.5 serial.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 winzip 17.5 serial.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 rt3.getdownload.net.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.3.1

MD5:
92d8859c02175d3535b9738a027d34c8

SHA-1:
88a54ab0440742f0b2f05fbc50d4b7755ce00a9a

SHA-256:
9008fccf51165ee0d810a322370ae28ebae3152c1bb0cd2aa58554004f593e13

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 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:
4/25/2024 10:25:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.11

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\winzip 17.5 serial.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 7:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 5:30:34 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:
4/10/2010 3:19:31 PM

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)

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