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FrostWire 5

Frostwire, LLC

The application frostwire-installer.exe, “FrostWire - Search, Download, Play, Share.” by Frostwire has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 lb.cdn.m6web.fr and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FrostWire LLC  (signed by Frostwire, LLC)

Product:
FrostWire 5

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

Version:
5.7.4.1

MD5:
9e270336926f190a94c477cb64d8568e

SHA-1:
7e4d43973047da8a3366638f96ab9e76c8f26583

SHA-256:
7b6bf32388e11a091a6da4521591c73f87d923084ea973bbb737d09379d7e450

Scanner detections:
7 / 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 11:45:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3333

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.39
9.0.1.0276

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10015

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
14.10.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.06.29.07

McAfee
Artemis!9E270336926F
5600.6989

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0628
7.2.180

File size:
20.8 MB (21,842,176 bytes)

Product version:
5.7.4.1

Copyright:
FrostWire LLC 2008

Original file name:
frostwire-5.7.4.windows.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\frostwire 5\frostwire-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Frostwire, LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
35DE9D3C616713150858F57D7419F0D6

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

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:678eJQw2iyh5Z99Jb5VbcR2Da17y2A9U9A4IVqVW+o4aGkpZC793h:Tgb3yz9b+c9239A4IAVW+ozx4

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:
7.9918

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 10 URLs.

http://lb.cdn.m6web.fr/d/c/a/fc932cc92c43ab0f733f9858b9612a6e/53e23ea1/soft/.../frostwire_5-7-4_fr_19033.exe

http://www.installer-assist.com/.../frostwire-5.7.4.exe

http://download.oldapps.com/.../frostwire-5.7.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

https://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/KnDiyQtkmjw2LTEoqYiCAq8M0BkusIFbTJklKueV04VFi0amh3C2AFJSSgup5KzTkuEStY1I7sX2ZucsVq1yvc0WGMzPqrhhF93bPkeGLjLUpkjNcrEPK0QYwkiPAB4C/Fmp_6NsC5QCxswGWyREqz9PXuY5rzK0Xj3exMuTvXjl-IRLeqAcq_PKnYLzU5N27ZPs3KepZs1GGXLWQvCNiHbeKRjJUgA2Q4mqLUPsPGVXUPdoaEw9Si_MDfEsaaZ2d/ljRsi-x8YJX1_DH0KYteqyCfEtCR07QHi41ygXXteIBk0RnCs4nvW8oJKGWUoPnMcc66G2S6_Ho_tsNGP1rUGhC1df9y69s9NsmsraRQTsTMcyQO29ZW1Iv_uv4rg86g/.../

http://primerodll.info/.../2769_frostwire-5.7.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://down.filepuma.com/files/p2p-and-file-sharing/.../FrostWire_v5.7.4.exe

http://www.filepuma.com/down/1404628227c6116/frostwire_5.7.4/.../0/

http://www.filepuma.com/file/1404628227c6116/frostwire_5.7.4/.../0/

http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-5.7.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

http://main1.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-5.7.4.windows.coc.premium.exe

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