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f0rest.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is part of a bundled installer which provides applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application f0rest.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 file has been seen being downloaded from dc95.4sharedhelper.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
1, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
1f0d0746086b3a2a7603627081c237ea

SHA-1:
a00dc0d5ba9237fb804bacdf39142272c3fc8a88

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.

Analysis date:
4/16/2025 11:43:37 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.7.16.15

File size:
670.4 KB (686,448 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\f0rest.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 6:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 4:30:34 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:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2013 9:25:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8hdsll5H+iYbHW7CQV1POhmmp+ZGnTtmg3Fxx7JvdakTNacsvHN:8hiH+iYb27CQjcmi+QnTN3vJxdjpaDN

Entry address:
0xC28D

Entry point:
E8, BB, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 24, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, 23, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 4C, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 75, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 77, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, 23, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.9818

Code size:
102 KB (104,448 bytes)

The file f0rest.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dc95.4sharedhelper.com/downloadhelper/named/xerox/L0QEGdBN/.../f0rest.exe

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