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desktop.exe

4shared Desktop

New IT Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application desktop.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘4shared Desktop’.
Publisher:
New IT Solutions  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
4shared Desktop

Version:
3.3.4.0

MD5:
34da77d1c235ed23ad053d8c722b0110

SHA-1:
0ea5888f8cbd451aafa5e069b376b5893890f75b

SHA-256:
633e37e5bd317b3ccf19d7558e18cefb91ed79d8deeac086b825fd01e69db371

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:15:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.4Shared
v2013.12.28.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Startup.NewITLimited.H
14.2.17.0

File size:
4.4 MB (4,613,624 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
New IT Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
English

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/28/2010 3:33:24 PM

Valid to:
10/27/2011 2:30:06 PM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27DDE55D2F337F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2011 12:04:39 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wq9eNoUYLnPne3nYTYvMCH8tDPhkKjhVKFd5feC//KhVebT0TLVQGZpBE/Iz:wq9hUanv2/MCMRAd5WCSVIKF

Entry address:
0x2E81F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 54, 13, 6E, 00, E8, CF, 1A, D2, FF, 68, CC, 82, 6E, 00, 68, EC, 82, 6E, 00, E8, 74, 2A, D2, FF, 85, C0, 75, 0F, 68, CC, 82, 6E, 00, 68, FC, 82, 6E, 00, E8, 61, 2A, D2, FF, 85, C0, 74, 26, 6A, 04, 50, E8, CD, 2B, D2, FF, 8B, D8, 6A, 09, 53, E8, 8B, 2E, D2, FF, 53, E8, ED, 2D, D2, FF, A1, F4, 59, 6F, 00, 8B, 00, E8, C1, C9, DD, FF, EB, 70, A1, F4, 59, 6F, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 2B, C7, DD, FF, A1, F4, 59, 6F, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 18, 83, 6E, 00, E8, 7E, C1, DD, FF, 8B, 0D, F4, 53, 6F, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.9 MB (3,043,840 bytes)

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

Name:
4shared Desktop

Command:
"C:\4shared desktop\desktop.exe" "startup"


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

temp:desktop.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-105-138-218.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.105.138.218:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-41-194-216.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.194.216:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0744-93.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.93:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-k330-u1010-174.webazilla.com  (199.101.133.174:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0741-90.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.90:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0657-58.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.58:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c-r100-u0740-89.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.89:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c-k330-u1108-51.webazilla.com  (199.101.133.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c-k330-u1008-172.webazilla.com  (199.101.133.172:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c-b390-u0736-85.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.85:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0655-56.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.56:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-1-93-203.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.1.93.203:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0735-84.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.84:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0734-83.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.83:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache.akamaitechnologies.com  (187.72.248.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c-k330-u1234-77.webazilla.com  (199.101.133.77:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to c-b390-u0738-87.webazilla.com  (74.117.178.87:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-243-242-36.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.242.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-23-21-126-194.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.126.194:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-107-21-60-192.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.60.192:443)

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