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friendschecker.exe

FriendsChecker LLC

The application friendschecker.exe by FriendsChecker 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
FriendsChecker LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f70ee363b24c2c97e44ba25c3b3729fa

SHA-1:
6dcff6d7c225035e3e134a85493adac6e6369a57

SHA-256:
8d63990b6341231b1630a4ebd2a0e17f2a6cc50bc57431c357c9a2fafbada83d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:05:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FriendsC.Installer (M)
16.4.11.13

File size:
352.4 KB (360,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FriendsChecker LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2011 2:29:57 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2012 12:50:39 PM

Subject:
CN=FriendsChecker LLC, O=FriendsChecker LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DE, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
07C90A416C66BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:re34NmQ40lXG2zqy38XjH5A0VXpEHchc7GwYaZYnASbAiCYhI0kSX:gqXG2zqyaAkXpEHFFbZYn5hCHyX

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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Entropy:
7.7988

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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