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freewordsetup.exe

The application freewordsetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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 file has been seen being downloaded from www.appfindr.org and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
d1e3750ec6eee9ec5011d22debbcf97b

SHA-1:
f8d270c0f6500377898bb6671cb3230f029a1a63

SHA-256:
39800605dfc1bcbdad007e67f987b0096c85ec5cf0d0d0f9213355de22951d44

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:24:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-151128

AVG
MultiBundle
2016.0.2911

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.DownWare
4.0.3.151128

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownWare.AO potentially unwanted
9.12631

McAfee
Artemis!D1E3750EC6EE
5600.6567

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Dloader.dvvnkj
0.30.26.4751

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45452

File size:
329.8 KB (337,677 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 10:10:25 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:XdUHwwCBSyjtG2PBc4nossMQsLzz6pRFtgagtHQ3kGYKVg/JYBj5R+8PQ0rdDkUn:X6Ay262osFDv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rLq

Entry address:
0x31E8

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 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, 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, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0350

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file freewordsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

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

http://8f56ec5a25d50527cde0d768c7fd987b.lswcdn.net/FreeWordSetup.exe

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