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frostwire-4.13.5.windows.exe

FrostWire

FrostWire, LLC

The application frostwire-4.13.5.windows.exe, “The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 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. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.oldversion.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FrostWire, LLC

Product:
FrostWire

Description:
The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth

Version:
4.13.5.0

MD5:
fe3f0bc2628355b0375c934f551756c9

SHA-1:
d98b4fe9e444083b3296969ca298fb3369bfdb4d

SHA-256:
8ed6ab5e6c1e525ce1456c255da439640dc9467933c50af1bd1bc047383a96e2

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 1:09:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Askbar.B
7.1.1

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.141030

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdInstaller (variant)
8.10584

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/MSearch
10/30/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.184.13727

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.3021

McAfee
Artemis!FE3F0BC26283
5600.6961

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.AdInstaller.deiwum
0.28.2.62671

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1495F425!345371685
23.00.65.141028

File size:
7.3 MB (7,678,250 bytes)

Product version:
4.13.5.0

Copyright:
FrostWire, LLC 2007

Original file name:
frostwire-4.13.5.windows.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2007 4:48:39 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:nD3HVbdGTIHk2KLcdRjt5YGm4NgLsEBla16oOSgU:zHVxqIhQcdz3xNgoEBlK6oOSgU

Entry address:
0x312C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 14, 40, 92, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 10, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 74, 72, 40, 00, A3, F0, 47, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, F8, FC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 5C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 92, 40, 00, 68, 40, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 31, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 1F, 28, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 0C, 71, 40, 00, 80, 3D, 00, A0, 42, 00, 22, A3, 40, 47, 42, 00, 8B, C7, 75, 0A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file frostwire-4.13.5.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://software.oldversion.com/download.php?f=YTo1OntzOjQ6InRpbWUiO2k6MTQ3NzgzNzUxMTtzOjI6ImlkIjtpOjExOTMxO3M6NDoiZmlsZSI7czo0NToiZnJvc3R3aXJlLTQtMTMtNS1mcm9zdHdpcmUtNC4xMy41LndpbmRvd3MuZXhlIjtzOjM6InVybCI7czo1MDoiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5vbGR2ZXJzaW9uLmNvbS93aW5kb3dzL2Zyb3N0d2lyZS00LTEzLTUiO3M6NDoicGFzcyI7czozMjoiYjU1MGY5OTgzOWNjMDFiODg3N2MwMDE0MTc5NWRjYzIiO30=

http://software.oldversion.com/download.php?f=YTo1OntzOjQ6InRpbWUiO2k6MTQ3Nzg2NDQ1NTtzOjI6ImlkIjtpOjExOTMxO3M6NDoiZmlsZSI7czo0NToiZnJvc3R3aXJlLTQtMTMtNS1mcm9zdHdpcmUtNC4xMy41LndpbmRvd3MuZXhlIjtzOjM6InVybCI7czo1MDoiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5vbGR2ZXJzaW9uLmNvbS93aW5kb3dzL2Zyb3N0d2lyZS00LTEzLTUiO3M6NDoicGFzcyI7czozMjoiNzAyOWQwMDBkNjNiMGM4ZWQ1YzhkN2NlNzYyZjM3NDEiO30=

http://files3.brothersoft.com/FrostWire-4-13-5.exe

http://frostwire.brothersoft.com/.../FrostWire-4-13-5.exe

http://downloaderfile.brothersoft.com/games_down.php?url=http://frostwire.brothersoft.com/.../FrostWire-4-13-5.exe&name=FrostWire

http://topfreedownloads.brothersoft.com/d.php?name=FrostWire&url=FrostWire-4-13-5.exe&s=http://frostwire.brothersoft.com&d=2

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