accounting for dummies, 5th edition [epub pdf].exe

Filegetter

Maxiget 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 accounting for dummies, 5th edition [epub pdf].exe, “Helps file downloading” by Maxiget Limited has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer.
Publisher:
Company limited  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Filegetter

Description:
Helps file downloading

Version:
3, 4, 10, 0

MD5:
90e6dd456aea7b6ec0bb322bcaec74f3

SHA-1:
f0644151678e84b4b6b2b65f1d3dc93b45d1c380

SHA-256:
ed19542435d0ad81835f387bd9fe80d2e4b62d9cdb17fffd07b8479201ad0c2f

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/23/2024 3:00:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.4Shared
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3421

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxigetLimited.o
14.8.7.21

Sophos
4Share Downloader
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

File size:
860.5 KB (881,192 bytes)

Product version:
3, 4, 10, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
Company(C)

Original file name:
FilegetterInstrumnet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\accounting for dummies, 5th edition [epub pdf].exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 9:41:06 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 7:41:32 AM

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:
6/26/2014 10:07:00 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HIK7uc8CF4dn5x8I3OGsGXAZWURNd+XJzeNpJ0Ku9kCdjTcxDwBSLpAw08iYtaqe:HIKKcjon5x8kGKy7d+XGCVTADw48FSaT

Entry address:
0x1C3000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 90, 09, 00, 2D, AF, 0D, 0C, 10, 05, A4, 0D, 0C, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 6C, 82, 9D, 6E, 68, 1B, 73, B2, 46, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, C1, 69, 26, D7, 86, C7, DF, 37, BC, 8E, AD, 13, FB, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9113  (probably packed)

Code size:
249.5 KB (255,488 bytes)