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ares216.exe

The application ares216.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This file is typically installed with the program Ares 2.1.7 by Ares Development Group. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.softonic.com.edgesuite.net and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
87e45004a9d25630a76e3ed03069ddcb

SHA-1:
5b7ea3c5b3864af13366f408bb730df3eaff1c2d

SHA-256:
c4c146e58e844ddbeca423edd42d8a045f709b9b2e63e4217d32573d2a3b59a6

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 8:06:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Conduit
4.0.3.14326

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.35
9.0.1.085

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B potentially unwanted application
6.3.12010.0

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Conduit (M)
16.9.5.0

File size:
5 MB (5,192,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ares216.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 10:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:L5rnWnCA7qTySFQtt3WzdIrGOM22KXGj7ZK/enCg4g91:ACGqpqWzdICOM2tXGj1K/enL46

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

The file ares216.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.”
aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
About 1% of users remove it
 
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The file ares216.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://downloads.softonic.com.edgesuite.net/Ares216.exe

http://199.91.154.176/5c1gs3whal3g/.../Ares.exe

http://download1935.mediafire.com/udt9s0yqlihg/.../Ares.exe

http://download1672.mediafire.com/9xxu1p02a6vg/.../Ares216byThePedro17996.exe

http://download1413.mediafire.com/10s9z1b117ug/.../Ares216byThePedro17996.exe

http://download1413.mediafire.com/ykmx3d9xekbg/.../Ares.exe

http://d2bfkm2hyxl3ct.cloudfront.net/Ares216.exe

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