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frostwire.exe

Program Setup

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application frostwire.exe by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria) 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 installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.currentbundlesuniverse.com.

File name:

frostwire.exe

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

MD5:

9836e59a4c401c0f89a43671c345827d

SHA-1:

e567061ee38ccef41ba77317d6fde12f63b9692d

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

12/25/2024 4:40:23 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)

16.8.8.9

File size:

925.7 KB (947,944 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\frostwire.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 5:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 8:23:54 AM

Subject:

CN=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

1121DC9E5F7E1CC5DF0CA4ED082CF7EB9D86

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:JlvBVyRPu2r/kW3pxhda9Af0tbSH2nR99TOIknoDwME:J52Q2LkWrSrSWxvDDE

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.9317

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.currentbundlesuniverse.com/c?x=ZNjSbK26iCeuhF J3msVhmdkU5C/ceXsUIle7YjDPeI=&c=h0BmdSYSQMI47a3XG62bajcVF5sIQmjfn8 fTOVYH3tMOHzeo5SIxZWtcL7v1td 0e53vY6KrDcB2KoVIO8LKU7SM2FFYnICYTE4ChRdmu6OMQKITk7LvHxSGubDKihUTDYgx CBxWMUTOgeFI09MSaD8iheGwbHjmoYvEDGukM=&downloadAs=frostwire.exe&fallback_url=http://download-1.com/softwares/.../Frstwr5.5.6.windows.exe

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