frostwire.exe

OUTBROWSE LTD

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application frostwire.exe by OUTBROWSE 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 OutBrowse Revenyou installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.appsdesktop.com.
Publisher:
OUTBROWSE LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b58e11c9882c9fee12dc5ea2b0f19688

SHA-1:
a3c2b00f295c58f38898432a08c90aa6c6e3cc12

SHA-256:
518899902ee7841e25edb090c9ba04775b39d90c7c4ad6494f7e9b2ded60b616

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:
12/24/2024 3:23:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Outbrowse (M)
17.1.18.11

File size:
987.2 KB (1,010,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\frostwire.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/26/2014 1:16:30 AM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 1:16:30 AM

Subject:
CN=OUTBROWSE LTD, O=OUTBROWSE LTD, L=ramat gan, S=Merkaz, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4E9F154E55EEFC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9255

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dl.appsdesktop.com/DownloadManager/Get1?p=301&d=3746&l=3578&n=1&vm=0&exeurl=http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/.../frostwire-5.7.0.windows.exe&dynamicname=FrostWire&filename=FrostWire&d1=5004

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