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frostwire-6.1.2.windows.exe

FrostWire 6

FrostWire LLC

The application frostwire-6.1.2.windows.exe, “FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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 dl1.frostwire.com.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC

Product:
FrostWire 6

Description:
FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.

Version:
6.1.2.2

MD5:
226f2f4514c71c5c14f8aabecb501e82

SHA-1:
4a5384cf82dfb521fc03f318a53a4bd2c34cabc0

SHA-256:
b0ec102ad24d1c6697f1498425cb5361a62386e4b195c2ce5c959db6831f7eb6

Scanner detections:
2 / 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 11:56:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Toolbar.Bundled (M)
16.4.15.17

File size:
4.5 MB (4,685,824 bytes)

Product version:
6.1.2.2

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.1.2.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-6.1.2.windows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2012 6:50:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Vvt8T3zCjtU4Ai+uBFg3rp0ZkybVaEOgw6TMIwoxLKrxWRp9erK8:oAUuRBK7ykyxaEOJ4woxLxH9h8

Entry address:
0x3A02

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, F0, 91, 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, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 38, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 34, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 1A, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 08, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8992

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file frostwire-6.1.2.windows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl1.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.1.2.windows.exe

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