goforfiles_downloader.exe

GoForFiles Installer

Righway Technologies, Inc

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application goforfiles_downloader.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlw644.goforfiles.org.
Publisher:
http://goforfiles.com  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoForFiles Installer

Version:
1, 0, 262, 1

MD5:
792ed4efa703c52af8351f7276d66e7a

SHA-1:
c9573d57f18123571b3ae8a3e6f5ea7d7f7ac838

SHA-256:
039aed29c4d8617da94c678104da0f24c79d90ed0e41217335655826e569489c

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:
11/15/2024 12:08:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.RighwayTechnologies.Bundler (M)
16.2.21.6

File size:
3.3 MB (3,463,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://goforfiles.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
GoForFilesInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/22/2012 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/23/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Righway Technologies, Inc", O="Righway Technologies, Inc", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0089B8C147F063769F8D685962C161E027

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 4:32:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Wzay6DOIuBRVKG4UtONVsz/gMHUU5x+DeJ00LvOW84eZxg/7HxZ86wUeD5R:WzXsOIurUG4YONe7HUAx+SJ9GWqgLKP

Entry address:
0x658F9C

Entry point:
E9, 80, 69, D2, FF, 9C, 87, 55, EC, 8D, 64, 24, 24, 9F, 89, 55, E0, F7, D0, 5A, 98, 9C, 8D, 83, D0, 50, 00, 00, C6, 04, 24, 8A, 9C, 8D, 64, 24, 08, E8, 50, 2F, 00, 00, 3C, 6D, 83, F9, 07, E9, 01, B5, FF, FF, 32, EB, F3, B7, 2F, 7B, 45, D8, 8F, C7, B5, AE, FF, 67, 81, 94, 3C, 68, 8C, 18, CA, 4D, 8B, 8E, 4A, 5E, AA, FE, 1A, 88, B7, 43, 53, B6, 36, 9F, 5A, 84, E7, E7, 89, B8, DA, F4, 27, D7, D3, F1, 24, E0, C4, 6A, EB, 55, 76, F6, D0, C1, 98, 3F, 7B, 27, 12, 52, 88, 93, 21, C8, 6D, F3, 6D, 00, 69, 2B, 69, 5A...
 
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Entropy:
7.7717

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
766 KB (784,384 bytes)

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

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