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fydsetup.exe

Free YouTube Downloader

HOW Inc.

The application fydsetup.exe, “Free YouTube Downloader Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from getyoutubedownloader.com.
Publisher:
HOW Inc.

Product:
Free YouTube Downloader

Description:
Free YouTube Downloader Setup

MD5:
a117dd3503224e806be3ab317c1da462

SHA-1:
7f571b110f9808864a3ea0a6a6e92ac0697f4ef7

SHA-256:
015e3c8912d4b4bfa4d541a2ea5d21d9438a626b568d46d2d7f4cb8a7dd6a317

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:19:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.How.FYTDownloader.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.7.20

File size:
7.1 MB (7,454,030 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 3:58:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:4/4wlHiQnYOHbUzQyssqY0IY19xWkrFUOnm:i4wlCGYvzjXqY0vzxWYiUm

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:
7.9923

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

http://getyoutubedownloader.com/.../FYDSetup.exe

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