frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe

FrostWire

FrostWire, LLC

The application frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe, “The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth” 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 installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
FrostWire, LLC

Product:
FrostWire

Description:
The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth

Version:
4.20.9.0

MD5:
2ef31599188d0101946305d6b2d585ff

SHA-1:
9780517bafb5eab2440264656e65bd59cb86496d

SHA-256:
b5270521a676b9ff86b7ea653442f4866dc291448a942dbe647039113072b2cf

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:11:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Ask
4.0.3.14722

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9501

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/OpenCandy
7/22/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11337

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.07.22.07

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/OpenCandy
1.10302

Sophos
OpenCandy
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Opencandy
27084

File size:
7.9 MB (8,236,303 bytes)

Product version:
4.20.9.0

Copyright:
FrostWire, LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:5aagIjrydFLJ70fXb45zPv/SlfBVi63LH84t67tc:fgmryLJ70fL4NPAFc4H

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 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, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9995

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://download.oldapps.com/.../frostwire-4.20.9.windows.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-63.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.63:80)

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