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4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.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_4.0.3.1.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc479.4shared.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop Setup

Version:
4.0.3.1

MD5:
efe4180ceed165f92c5f417b0d083907

SHA-1:
5fc3609f947cf09a3c1d780fb7e8358efcf86610

SHA-256:
a3121f5c2011a8e7c373e9e2751d4eb5ce72ce0d8ff864b3450d3901e05ef4fd

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

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:
12/25/2024 6:17:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0359

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
7.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of طـرق الطعـن في الأحكـام القضـائية في قانـون الاجـراءات المدنية والإداريـة.exe (Adware)
2014.1.2.14

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2013.12.25.09

McAfee
Artemis!A8563F17A5F3
5600.7270

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.U
14.2.20.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.131223

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
7.2.359

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\4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 5:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 3:30:34 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 12:19:31 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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file 4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://dc479.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_4031.exe

http://dc597.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_4031.exe

http://search.4shared.com/downloadDesktop

http://www.4shared-china.com/downloadDesktop

http://dc694.4shared.com/.../-UtQpTHA

http://dc648.4shared.com/.../-UtQpTHA

http://dc479.4shared.com/.../-UtQpTHA

http://dc597.4shared.com/.../-UtQpTHA

http://www.4shared.com/download/.../4shared_Desktop_4031.exe

http://www.4shared.com/downloadDesktop

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