4shared_desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe

4shared Desktop

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_4.0.13.27129.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 cdnfiles.4shared.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop

Version:
4.0.13.27129

MD5:
2fecf810c20333bc11c69c0f1216fe69

SHA-1:
d0497c4ce2f615740af30ef14e509db85d79123b

SHA-256:
5117da9b54a2e4e7b43b7120fa5768a8b37bc8f343f67fdea3d246ce2bedf8e7

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:
11/24/2024 3:08:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewITLimited.Z
14.11.14.16

File size:
11.1 MB (11,645,848 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.13.27129

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\4shared_desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/10/2014 3:19:05 PM

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:
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:
045E846BB931D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/11/2014 4:35:36 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:jrJW0+5E36fI1t+SwiZC72J8Kl88X74seXHel3Vn+J/:fwXGK+tHwiQ2zpr4QJV+J

Entry address:
0x413490

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E4, 53, 56, 33, C0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 48, 35, 80, 00, E8, FB, BC, BF, FF, 8B, 1D, 1C, 41, 82, 00, BE, B4, 35, 82, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, C2, 37, 81, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 68, 07, 80, 00, 00, E8, 38, 00, FF, FF, 8B, 03, E8, 65, 7E, DF, FF, B2, 01, A1, 2C, 34, 80, 00, E8, 05, 4D, BF, FF, 8B, 13, 89, 82, 04, 01, 00, 00, C7, 82, 00, 01, 00, 00, 10, 35, 80, 00, 68, D0, 37, 81, 00, A1, 50, 7C, 82, 00, 50, E8, E3, 06, C0, FF, 85, C0, 74, 18, 8B, 03, 8B, 80, AC, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
4.1 MB (4,270,080 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 30 URLs.

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

http://cdnfiles.4shared.com/web/cdn/popular/download/Jt166ZyXba?contDisp=attachment; filename="4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe"; filename*=utf-8''4shared_Desktop_4.0.13.27129.exe&contType=APPLICATION/.../

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