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freetorrentviewer.exe

United Starex Limited

The application freetorrentviewer.exe by United Starex Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 www.freetorrentviewer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
United Starex Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a9dc48e935c69b5c626ddbeadfcc00f0

SHA-1:
fb10ac079b0060c5a92649b22957105a58eca429

SHA-256:
262e26f79f1cf4949c6aa298494ee01c9983e57a9e9db8dbac43f2d29b17e170

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/26/2024 12:09:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.Clod943.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.079

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe application
6.3.12010.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11278

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.03.20.06

Sophos
United Starex Freeware Installer
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1013
7.2.79

File size:
2.5 MB (2,651,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freetorrentviewer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
United Starex Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=United Starex Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=United Starex Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
03AE2FDC0DEE69987D71E8FAC02316F7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:dSeSVO8xigDG85jFmmGs38bF9RAoICfER8h9hp/WjbhdZ+qHj0JLhRem8BWnMdSn:dh0HgMG8PmH7FdfO2bp/WhRHYJL21B/m

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.freetorrentviewer.com/FreeTorrentViewer.ussafe.exe

http://freetorrentviewer.com/download.php

http://www.freetorrentviewer.com/FreeTorrentViewer.exe

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

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