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freepdfreading.exe

Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

The application freepdfreading.exe by Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from freepdftablet.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2b7c6bbfad35a4ce047177f546fab495

SHA-1:
b243814aaa31f840bd19ca2a69d5eceff0922502

SHA-256:
bda60043cb6b6026635aec88c36a5b8f4cf937d399b3d0a0179cfd3d10d99cb9

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 4:28:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.7.11.22

File size:
2.7 MB (2,790,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\freepdfreading.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/7/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, O=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, L=Macau, S=Macau, C=MO

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4BC4BDE05163DF071B194A0EB664470F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:7+fKsps+HXsGpIv5NtxZHgRgmGYga/8QGMAUJXMpsmpSe0dE9izNuILMVg:7keW1Iv5NtxZAR8MsYMpste0dEgzNudO

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9939

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file freepdfreading.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://freepdftablet.com/download.php

http://pdftablet.s3.amazonaws.com/FreePDFReading.exe

http://www.freepdftablet.com/download.php

http://www.freepdfreading.com/Installer.exe

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