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follow the leader.exe

Download Helper

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 follow the leader.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc96.4sharedhelper.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
2, 4, 4, 0

MD5:
4de073003f207888eb93c91fd1d66e7f

SHA-1:
cbdb8c4c998d12f1e67d8dadab73644d883519e9

SHA-256:
8f7418e8715711d5c7cf8147db7c2cb2046a5a162d363be2f017d0c8f3742938

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 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:
4/17/2025 12:20:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT.Bundler (M)
16.2.7.2

File size:
1.3 MB (1,397,104 bytes)

Product version:
2, 4, 4, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\follow the leader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/17/2012 12:16:05 AM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 10:30:34 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:
6/1/2013 12:20:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lS+VZMijuqkncxnfS//2oYP+ENxuIW/Rjl/lVlP64htKQtsVELVDiicYQRebMyHG:lHVZMijuqgcxfSE+HIuRjl/lVlP64htM

Entry address:
0xD676

Entry point:
E8, B2, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 34, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, 33, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 43, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 6C, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 6E, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, 33, 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:
7.5856

Code size:
107.5 KB (110,080 bytes)

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

http://dc96.4sharedhelper.com/downloadhelper/named/xerox3240_th/RnRuV37M/.../Follow the leader.exe

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