frostwire.exe

Smart Secure Software S.l.

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application frostwire.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
71bc9f2684770650a4435b0d6ab0f9a7

SHA-1:
f7b3dfc28120441cc772d64814d3f8de854a126e

SHA-256:
4a63590e3d268762053255452a44a6db23c542fe6ff7b87fbc1bb6efbb7cd7f6

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 3:07:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.1.14.8

File size:
1.2 MB (1,287,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/17/2014 5:59:49 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 5:59:49 AM

Subject:
E=contact@smartsecuresoftware.com, CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

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

Serial number:
1121E50EC4A4247FFA7B123476B988982563

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/4/2014 8:45:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x7F7C

Entry point:
E8, B6, 6A, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 7B, 14, 00, 00, FF, 35, 30, C0, 44, 00, FF, 15, EC, F0, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 30, C0, 44, 00, FF, 15, EC, F0, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 33, 62, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 9F, 71, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, B6, 71, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 30, C0, 44, 00, FF, 15, EC, F0, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, E8, F0, 42, 00, A3, 30, C0, 44, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, F3, 73, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5733

Code size:
182.5 KB (186,880 bytes)

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