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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.
Publisher:
FriendsChecker LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7a0d79bb188c1f45b3d88c0051df8c6d

SHA-1:
74c114c47d75a8f43a9ddae003c5de82e4f09a69

SHA-256:
be8e98a333ff0ef6d4d1d103700bd47bf60f1c3a9157c1c757e3757572cd22c3

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:
11/27/2024 3:36:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.11.22.23

File size:
601.9 KB (616,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FriendsChecker LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/21/2012 6:32:11 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2013 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:
07CF8C68061834

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):
12288:3alx0q35N7p32sGFD/GlbGayZoYHc5ceSzMGdWeJ6nDHy:3agq35N7NGFj2xyZo3tdPnDH

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:
7.9132

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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