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brothersoftdownloader_for_ares_galaxy.exe

Brothersoft Download Manager

Conduit

This is part of the Conduit platform, a browser extension desigend to manage and control the web browser's search provider functionality. The application brothersoftdownloader_for_ares_galaxy.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.brothersoft.es.
Publisher:
Conduit

Product:
Brothersoft Download Manager

Version:
1.0.0

MD5:
5289ca561fd36bc16f43e80a2d98b3db

SHA-1:
f5e123f8b57983c6a8b408fe07fda79901cafd1f

SHA-256:
6a21cbbd432d46b6acc57d39ded136b55229a2b3d707fef01b5700589c45772f

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 1:08:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.1.10.20

File size:
359.3 KB (367,945 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
© Conduit

Original file name:
cdm.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2010 3:17:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ZgRyiIWQFpUv4/B+FrM144XlzKlUAzYYbuewX79GtPuB8PxwPh79i5s/CoS9iP6I:3iMCv45+uK4VKXknewr9GBY85wPTi5sr

Entry address:
0x101A80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 4B, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, F4, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 21, FC, 0F, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 74, EA, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
320 KB (327,680 bytes)

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

http://www.brothersoft.es/downloader/bdm.php?url=http://esfiles.brothersoft.com/internet/.../ares_galaxy_2_0_9.exe&name=Ares Galaxy

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