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frostwire setup.exe

FrostWire

Download Helper

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application frostwire setup.exe by Download Helper has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from everydownload.softwaredelivery15.com.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
FrostWire

Version:
3.0.0.134

MD5:
1fec1f206463a5c1670be738b4e4c9d1

SHA-1:
32ebdbbaee0d4eb2e1bdc75badf816e0c6dcf5d4

SHA-256:
144bd528b56f819c6594757486e7fd476c6310c0b12719c6faaa718ea0e1963e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:33:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadHelper.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,504 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.134

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\frostwire setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/21/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/21/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=536 Herald St Unit 308, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S5, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7403D5D9F1275B32252F3B40F9630A45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QxG8c2zFcTGrPxIZGc2tuk9g02Gd/BxM7fT9+AReQBQ5:1xAcqrPxgBoukUwpxS+ARD+5

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9644

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file frostwire setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery15.com/v2/click/39002879/?d=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/05175518/frostwire.exe&sid=FrostWire-US&uid=8813548&key=99b99b8f52c1a3d44e63c8c4c5d40be83ee7628a277ce9ca4b18ead491b423d3&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/05175252/product.png&n=FrostWire&filename=FrostWire Setup&done_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/thank-you/&cancel_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/.../

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