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ares.exe

Ares p2p for windows

Ares Development Group

This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘ares’. This is installed with Ares 2.1.7. The file has been seen being downloaded from s7712.chomikuj.pl.
Publisher:
Ares Development Group

Product:
Ares p2p for windows

Version:
2.1.9.3043

MD5:
fa10d5fbd2bf7b90cdc08ccbe3593881

SHA-1:
342e483102e2c67dc7b6df47c9934250138556c2

SHA-256:
e4e5636db6303f0630bc8be26e34da01e4c3152d4728ee1209b7d44a79999123

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:36:38 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
3.1 MB (3,211,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.1

Copyright:
GPL product

Trademarks:
Ares Development Team

Original file name:
ares.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ares\ares.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:51QJyeoXi+i2L+r/XOljArw7gtgrv+Rd/G4:51mldfOZArw7gv/G

Entry address:
0x278C98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 04, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, 80, 82, 67, 00, E8, 97, E6, D8, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, AA, 8F, 67, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, 60, 3E, 68, 00, C6, 00, 01, 8D, 45, EC, E8, ED, F4, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, B8, FC, 10, 69, 00, BA, C4, 8F, 67, 00, E8, 13, C2, D8, FF, A1, FC, 10, 69, 00, E8, BD, C3, D8, FF, 8B, D8, 53, 6A, 00, 68, 00, 00, 10, 00, E8, 46, EC, D8, FF, A3, F8, 10, 69, 00, 83, 3D, F8, 10, 69, 00, 00, 0F, 84, 92, 01, 00, 00, A1, F8, 10, 69, 00, 50, E8, D9...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.5 MB (2,588,672 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
ares

Command:
"C:\Program Files\ares\ares.exe" -h


The file ares.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ares 2.1.7  by Ares Development Group
Publisher's description - “Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc. You may now easily publish your files through the Ares peer to peer network.”
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The file ares.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://s7712.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=bjSs39v4CKBWFyO7y1kyCBKTchfVCU-JwtelqvL40D_FbABe3W-OhhSRvfC3BW-zLry7ZJVg6EAPMi5lLg8K5lAWnD8Gcy3zal4SoNT5MAkeS1wRkGqL5uKl4sb9yAxE&pv=2

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