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ares 2.3.0.exe

The application ares 2.3.0.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc382.4shared.com.
MD5:
63484eb0bc5d3674d452b74c4dc204d1

SHA-1:
332e14acb715ff5010e702faa87e955a139f43f8

SHA-256:
e0c7d54c4af97aaab99c2d8a1448de9472c5c36b58ebffff98b753a0d4b2ae8e

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 9:49:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.AdLoad
15.0.0.562

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.221.14.0

File size:
4.5 MB (4,692,551 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ares 2.3.0.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:w8X9rbh6bjc9F9hkf2mppwliAKEGXhKXXvaF:xrb8bjGFAfreRGcXXvaF

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9840

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file ares 2.3.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dc382.4shared.com/download/.../Ares_230.exe

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