fpdsetup.exe

CHummer

Maxiget 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 fpdsetup.exe, “Description is empty” by Maxiget 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 also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Elit -e - Company  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
CHummer

Description:
Description is empty

Version:
3, 5, 13, 0

MD5:
508b38e214d7cb1c8b8eb38117a66e6c

SHA-1:
7583e96c4d0f281eabef3f03ae07a653e7036e43

SHA-256:
7a50b48cb62f193d172b173652e578ff8d441a96a612be5e1f14ef7f08dca62c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer version of the software and bundles additional offers including 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:
12/23/2024 5:20:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
17.3.16.7

File size:
525.1 KB (537,704 bytes)

Product version:
3, 5, 13, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
No

Original file name:
DHelper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\fpdsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 4:41:06 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 2:41:32 AM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043F9C868704FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/5/2014 11:52:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x44B4B

Entry point:
E8, 86, C8, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, 60, FE, 46, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, 44, 2F, 47, 00, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, EC, 38, 46, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 90, F1, 45, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89, 3D, 44, 2F, 47, 00, EB, 15, FF, 15, 18, F1, 45, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 0A, C7, 05, 44, 2F, 47, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 39, 5D, 14, 7E, 22, 8B, 4D, 14, 8B, 45, 10, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, 45, 14, 2B, C1...
 
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Code size:
374 KB (382,976 bytes)

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