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frostwire setup.exe

FrostWire

Download Publisher

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, “FrostWire ” by Download Publisher 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.
Publisher:
Download Publisher   (signed by Download Publisher)

Product:
FrostWire

Description:
FrostWire

Version:
3.0.0.42

MD5:
c7f124ead810f2a6882c7a08d52dced6

SHA-1:
55be7807980c29b473f471ae39188aaadce48656

SHA-256:
238124d11f6aaf88041d2ff209d0f6fb3b384d5d3525ead83335a63e4632b8fd

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:
4/6/2025 1:53:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.12.12

File size:
922.3 KB (944,480 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.42

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\frostwire setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Publisher

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Publisher, O=Download Publisher, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5ECC09F6F591E0329759887CAC9A3B81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/30/2014 11:55:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4CCED

Entry point:
E8, F0, 08, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4D, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 51, 09, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.2092

Code size:
468.5 KB (479,744 bytes)

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