home

frostwire-5.3.6.windows.exe

FrostWire 5

FrostWire Team

The application frostwire-5.3.6.windows.exe, “The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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 the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.frostwire.com.
Publisher:
FrostWire Team

Product:
FrostWire 5

Description:
The Fastest File Sharing Application on Earth

Version:
5.3.6.0

MD5:
e91545d57258a7f8e4cd6c93d5381dc5

SHA-1:
c9bfe26b1d3bd84e854ac192cce2e5acbdd5495e

SHA-256:
6522c23975552d0226bcf08246f6e33a982dc06d17b38ecb13e439a369a703ce

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:11:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
160119-0

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

File size:
6.2 MB (6,542,832 bytes)

Product version:
5.3.6.0

Copyright:
FrostWire Team 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-5.3.6.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-5.3.6.windows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 8:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:rIvt9bdgn/81b0uQ+UvedkmNYOKuBnp+AttwoziPtEStJnZt/M+LXbm05d7VOUQQ:rwS/vusvAYO/Bpcoc1D7k6Xq0L7VQQ

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9428

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file frostwire-5.3.6.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-5.3.6.windows.exe

Remove frostwire-5.3.6.windows.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.