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freewordsetup.exe

The application freewordsetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from static.appfindr.org and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
d65573e374c20687feed87920581cbf8

SHA-1:
a78377f051d18e9a62fe4687d3589b53bb648c64

SHA-256:
4f9d3231978c48136caf7d81d2f9b5bd2be59cb1fcc5eb02774fc03078931c4f

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:00:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-151205

AVG
MultiBundle
2016.0.2904

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader16.62013
9.0.1.0339

McAfee
Artemis!D65573E374C2
5600.6597

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Dloader.dvvnkj
0.30.26.3947

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9539

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.1112
2.0.0.2503

File size:
320.9 KB (328,564 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}\freewordsetup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2014 10:10:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:DAWEqcrBSZjtGMZDY2kER9VTmiQ5P7JJW7HLa0Ellid2N4Q3FQg1he+0XDUTTpht:DkZJM1Yn4EBJW7W0ElliE3FC+0mhudm

Entry address:
0x3350

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 3B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.9950

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file freewordsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://static.appfindr.org/FreeWordSetup.exe

http://www.appfindr.org/en/.../download.php

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