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xzipinst.exe

Filegetter

Maxiget Limited

This is part of a bundled installer which provides applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application xzipinst.exe, “Helps file downloading” by Maxiget Limited has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from stl.files-fast.net.
Publisher:
Company limited  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Filegetter

Description:
Helps file downloading

Version:
3, 3, 40, 0

MD5:
152f0b58a773c05de08cd4f9edf4e524

SHA-1:
3403e76eb03d5b88d24a5d41b2e243640d633a9b

SHA-256:
27b2967482ede7037a77a9bde0e95e102a29cabccd256c7a4530dfc4f6e5bfef

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer version of the software and bundles additional offers including adware.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:47:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.4Shared
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.160.168

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3397

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1751
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/4Shared.U potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.4shared
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plague inc evolved - 3dm (2014) pc [eng].exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.4Shared.U
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12795

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.08.07.09

McAfee
PUP-FIW
5600.7053

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Autoruner1.dcjmyy
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.31.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxigetLimited.I
14.8.7.21

Sophos
4Share Downloader
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.GetFaster
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31088

File size:
377.3 KB (386,368 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 40, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
Company(C)

Original file name:
FilegetterInstrumnet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 4:41:06 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 2:41:32 PM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043F9C868704FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 8:09:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9TfMcpR8Zhdv/8kqcZI7U1K3EbY5m50HfPVTJ16MWqt:xfMcf851TZI7UQ3EbYg50H3Bf6rqt

Entry address:
0x2B30B

Entry point:
E8, FD, A3, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, A8, ED, 44, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, 04, 06, 45, 00, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, 60, 3E, 44, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 50, 11, 44, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89, 3D, 04, 06, 45, 00, EB, 15, FF, 15, CC, 10, 44, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 0A, C7, 05, 04, 06, 45, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 39, 5D, 14, 7E, 22, 8B, 4D, 14, 8B, 45, 10, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, 45, 14, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.5943

Code size:
252.5 KB (258,560 bytes)

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

https://stl.files-fast.net/.../XZipInst.exe

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