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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 14 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 www.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:
d65044a78c4cf255aed50b8208062c75

SHA-1:
d6d4050f956cfe4519dbbbcc6eb1425a62d4e388

SHA-256:
34648e6d7bfbfa8aecc12a5c8bf4fb9f4743b94c2736a1783da20f777ef1003d

Scanner detections:
14 / 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 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:
11/2/2024 1:26:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Ask
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Toolbar-N [PUP]
2014.9-140920

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.NewIT.B
17947

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0263

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of krewella - alive (lc project remix).exe (Adware)
2014.12.1.3

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2014.09.20.12

McAfee
Artemis!A8563F17A5F3
5600.7002

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cumjmn
0.28.0.58491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewITLimited.U
14.9.20.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.4Shared!1.9C25
23.00.65.14918

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10349

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0831
7.2.263

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:
11/17/2012 12:16:05 AM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 10:30:34 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 7:19:31 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)

The file 4shared_desktop_4.0.3.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

http://dc472.4shared.com/download/.../Ms_Excel_2010.exe

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

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