installer_freedocumentsviewer.exe

Tripro Ltd

The application installer_freedocumentsviewer.exe by Tripro has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.doctaskz.com.
Publisher:
Tripro Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5953761e00cdcd3bb154524472a5b76f

SHA-1:
3b928b07cd54e4ebe1b765a78a4cb03f8785c3dd

SHA-256:
9511a333413666e84ed63bbe33a9e2f27a6fa9436645468ec00dadc3c6846e33

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:28:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.022

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.01.22.02

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmyi
0.28.0.60577

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tripro.DD
14.6.12.9

File size:
4.8 MB (5,082,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tripro Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tripro Ltd, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1189C239E85299F4464322E094264D91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 1:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:q2A7JEsxskfuVmmiff/yIjXMPumnX7Y89oVbAn/Kuuy1FR9ugFn76fM19C:k/Vu3oXTjXMPugL69Ny3PFgSC

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9976

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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