high way to hell ac-dc.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application high way to hell ac-dc.exe by New IT Limited 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 New IT Desktop Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc111.4sharedhelper.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
2, 3, 4, 0

MD5:
ff806c3d6b9514b9af95f0d9e53fc282

SHA-1:
8c8015099a4c38504c9f0cfdefc66dafe4372bf8

SHA-256:
f27e139021feb5dff2f945f6cb1770e0be969be039607c91926702c7e8fcbbe9

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:
11/27/2024 12:50:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.7.28.6

File size:
1.3 MB (1,397,616 bytes)

Product version:
2, 3, 4, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\high way to hell ac-dc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 3:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 1:30:34 PM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/31/2013 11:52:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qS+VZMjvzuei/bc6EGn5u5TtyJ8adjCzjyhhcDkPQcKiwMH5yUKc5thLfrXa7sjy:qHVZMLzur/bc6/nRJ/aOheDkPQcKiwME

Entry address:
0xD676

Entry point:
E8, B2, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 14, 34, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, 33, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 43, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 6C, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 6E, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, 33, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Code size:
107.5 KB (110,080 bytes)

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