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4shared_desktop.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 4shared_desktop.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from i_mp3-es_4shared-desktop-4-0-0.fackidremioso.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.0.5

MD5:
feac831a62ca4c90fcb37dd98e9b9501

SHA-1:
aa72efa7fdf9172ec2672df1648d24986ba3d6f8

SHA-256:
e1344da2de97585de39b9144f39f88f7ba14d5c2b9879a496d6df0b941d75603

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

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:
12/26/2024 8:35:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.NewIT.B
17761

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Conduit
8.9405

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.02.19.07

Panda Antivirus
PUP/Conduit.A
14.02.19.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.P
14.2.19.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
26344

File size:
4.9 MB (5,176,752 bytes)

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\4shared_desktop.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 7:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:oJBEDfK+56p4WMlJ6IBlklWlWrJNALI9eainBP+UL4JfDfwjg9Ki:oToK+56p4xhlkwl6ALIIt1+ULaDfwM8i

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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Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://i_mp3-es_4shared-desktop-4-0-0.fackidremioso.com/crawled_soft/2/2/.../228875-670758-4shared-desktop.exe

http://dc593.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop-400c.exe

http://dc305.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop-400c.exe

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