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bearsharesetup.exe

BearShare

MusicLab LLC

The application bearsharesetup.exe, “BearShare Install” by MusicLab has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.cdn.bearshare.com.
Publisher:
Musiclab, LLC  (signed by MusicLab LLC)

Product:
BearShare

Description:
BearShare Install

Version:
11.0.0.132702

MD5:
6d98519a408651f772bc1b1677b81888

SHA-1:
0c9a1c33c6046cd218b73a9096f11fea1271e9ea

SHA-256:
c4583d96f0bdacd941b2f33ce8c5dd9643dc077a814f33a8dadaa4c8747d0c00

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:04:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.19.2

File size:
1.2 MB (1,288,912 bytes)

Product version:
11.0.0.132702

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
MusicLab LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=MusicLab LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=MusicLab LLC, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1582F6B662FC5F71E4A759C63412F798

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 5:19:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GzZNJJe7chkkasW3FnwBHc7Gj36VFSsPRramiabAUvDo8yXK:GTJJOokJH3FY87PgEFiabAUbc6

Entry address:
0x3415

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, 70, 85, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, B3, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, B2, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 6C, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 54, 85, 40, 00, 68, A0, 32, 47, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, C0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8549

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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

http://download.cdn.bearshare.com/cdn/r/.../BearShareSetup.exe

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