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EFupdater.exe

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application EFupdater.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It uses the ExpressFiles installer to bundle additional adware offers such as toolbars and web browser addons. While running, it connects to the Internet address 199.195.196.180.static.midphase.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Faglaro Enterprises Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1, 0, 0, 6

MD5:
79ebd77c22501221ab73a4549c9fdbf2

SHA-1:
c87f90d1b28c604cc023fa7fd115b755fc98d9c9

SHA-256:
51e0a0b7c653b4407342adcab9dccc5a21dafbed3eec048e0451a53cf2e05598

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 2:30:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2013.12.31

avast!
Win32:Expressfiles-B [PUP]
2014.9-131219

AVG
MalSign.Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2014.0.3621

Bkav FE
W32.Clod979.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Tool.DownLoader.52
9.0.1.0353

ESET NOD32
Win32/YourFileDownloader (variant)
7.9231

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.1.22

McAfee
Artemis!79EBD77C2250
5600.7277

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.FaglaroEnterprisesLimited.J
14.8.7.22

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0529
7.2.353

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
24914

File size:
243.6 KB (249,440 bytes)

Product version:
1,0,0,0

Original file name:
EFupdater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

Language:
orosz

Common path:
C:\Program Files\expressfiles\efupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faglaro Enterprises Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/13/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, O=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
37B080A790663B8AF63D05448AD0343B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/29/2013 12:12:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:PVU92SSD9F6JLjQiiwPUSNs07XNI5hitqnej2Fn:Pu4lx6jViwzs8XNqleiFn

Entry address:
0x5051

Entry point:
E8, D1, 47, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 48, F3, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D4, F0, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 08, 52, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 04, 52, 41, 00, 89, 15, 00, 52, 41, 00, 89, 1D, FC, 51, 41, 00, 89, 35, F8, 51, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
53 KB (54,272 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Express FilesUpdate

Path:
C:\WINDOWS2\Tasks\Express FilesUpdate.job

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to mail.smile-files.com  (46.23.68.149:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.195.196.180.static.midphase.com  (199.195.196.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to h88-150-135-234.host.redstation.co.uk  (88.150.135.234:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-66-40-131.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.66.40.131:80)

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