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frostwire-installer.exe

FrostWire 6

Frostwire, LLC

The application frostwire-installer.exe, “FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.” by Frostwire has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl1.frostwire.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC  (signed by Frostwire, LLC)

Product:
FrostWire 6

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

Version:
6.0.7.4

MD5:
571a549976ac6a025f6eb5c3d8538f2a

SHA-1:
63f7ff14e4126b4d5eb1953ed378f00bb857830b

SHA-256:
18c11a016a1a507dc2f0692d8f5b06a52e62f9254f8e88005f89f8711ecd72ad

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:35:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3145

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.55
9.0.1.099

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11445

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
15.4.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.04.09.03

File size:
23.1 MB (24,198,784 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.7.4

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\frostwire\frostwire-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Frostwire, LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/24/2016 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Frostwire, LLC", O="Frostwire, LLC", L=Miami Beach, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
09D268CAD4DA0DAC98A717A1B232D9AE

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

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:PuAkDgdpvmLnF8o9K9EOwRgdasxqhWg8GZ4peUwVGP1/h+Whf4W8FK57j4KYvi:mA9dpto9xe5qhJ884EUUg+WhfAK5Wvi

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:
7.9932

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file frostwire-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://dl1.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl6.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://www.filehorse.com/download/file/.../

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://dl3.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://dl7.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-6.0.7.windows.coc.premium.exe

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