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BearShare

Musiclab, LLC

The application bearsharev8.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 and verified)

Product:
BearShare

Description:
BearShare Install

Version:
8.1.0.0

MD5:
c45bf56177b100722d452aedbcf43f4e

SHA-1:
ebe05b6678d65d4c42f589e1f6d2231389ce874c

SHA-256:
75088b1a8e215b34d0c848a2505adf9e009a510815f9ef3a3f7421c4c62b13be

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:28:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bearshare.Search.Installer.Meta (M)
16.7.12.0

File size:
12.8 MB (13,434,504 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bearsharev8.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Musiclab, LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
4/6/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2010 1:59:59 AM

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, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
265A8FB5C613B6E36D10DC4C29BD6C3F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 11:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:p/xszwI3n/XKiNSVu47eO+dRJGinwInh0:p/xs8I3n/XK0cmfJxwKK

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file bearsharev8.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.cdn.bearshare.com/r/cdn/.../BearShareV8.exe

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