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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
3.3.2.1

MD5:
42513314f285b200344f4218b71c03ae

SHA-1:
1d4a082673ab9cb2612ee829928a2293fde2cc7c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

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:
12/24/2024 12:06:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.11.17.15

File size:
4.5 MB (4,669,432 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

Common path:
C:\Program Files\4shared desktop\desktop.exe

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:
12/7/2010 3:21:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TJwU6+3lWX0qfZpv5WvL84qProMsYHkompfqzZKxKbyyKTz+FiwTQT1OTYFUGQ/:TB6mwffhW/qPUMsLJeWz+Fi0mz

Entry address:
0x2DB2E0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, A8, 45, 6D, 00, E8, 93, EA, D2, FF, 68, B4, B3, 6D, 00, 68, D4, B3, 6D, 00, E8, 28, FA, D2, FF, 85, C0, 75, 0F, 68, B4, B3, 6D, 00, 68, E4, B3, 6D, 00, E8, 15, FA, D2, FF, 85, C0, 74, 26, 6A, 04, 50, E8, 81, FB, D2, FF, 8B, D8, 6A, 09, 53, E8, 47, FE, D2, FF, 53, E8, A9, FD, D2, FF, A1, 38, 8B, 6E, 00, 8B, 00, E8, B9, 84, DE, FF, EB, 70, A1, 38, 8B, 6E, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 23, 82, DE, FF, A1, 38, 8B, 6E, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 00, B4, 6D, 00, E8, 76, 7C, DE, FF, 8B, 0D, 00, 85, 6E, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.9 MB (2,991,616 bytes)

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

Name:
4shared Desktop

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


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