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GoforFiles

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 installer.exe by Righway Technologies, Inc has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This file is typically installed with the program GoforFiles by Righway Technologies, Inc which is a potentially unwanted software program. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
http://www.goforfiles.com/  (signed by Righway Technologies, Inc)

Product:
GoforFiles

Version:
1, 0, 0, 464

MD5:
da94127ae68211f3807efefeae501c31

SHA-1:
18df230eac5ecf5f088caa369c24edc3113c0793

SHA-256:
14a09d8e5c15cf367fbf472805b752385cb63bf246ba341ab60a106a78ddd7ab

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 12:28:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/ExpressFiles.A
7.11.110.156

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-141220

AVG
Righway Technologies
2015.0.3255

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.YourFileDownloader
4.0.3.141220

Bkav FE
W32.Clod57e.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.Agent.~A
16192

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1204
9.0.1.0354

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.10243911
8.14.12.20.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/YourFileDownloader (variant)
8.10702

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/YourFileDownloader
12/20/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GoForFiles.A
v2014.12.20.10

McAfee
Artemis!1CADB0AA6B4B
5600.6911

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.6.62995

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.RighwayTechnologies.J
14.12.20.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.GoForFiles!1.9F70
23.00.65.141218

Sophos
Go For Files
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1225
7.2.354

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.08BK13
10.465.20

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Downware.ExpressDownloader
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
34688

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.5.21

File size:
4.8 MB (5,020,808 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.goforfiles.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
GoforFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Righway Technologies, Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
5/7/2013 11:05:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:CpB1AKKJ00wqsNhjtjGH5xJ4jfbYayBTORfqMVAUsvHETOuS:IR0whBjGZxJ4jTYHKRCMnTOL

Entry address:
0xE59F

Entry point:
E8, E1, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, A4, BA, 42, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 49, 1E, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 20, E7, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.9000  (probably packed)

Code size:
111.5 KB (114,176 bytes)

The file installer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

GoforFiles  by Righway Technologies, Inc
GoforFiles bundles various adware toolbars including the Delta Search Toolbar (an adware toolbar that modifies the user's web browser home page, search settings and other settings).
www.goforfiles.com
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The file installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.goforfiles.com/installer.exe

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