JDownloaderSetup.exe

JDownloader

AppWork GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application JDownloaderSetup.exe by AppWork GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from fs36.filehippo.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address ns303382.ip-94-23-204.eu on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AppWork GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
JDownloader

Version:
0.9

MD5:
aa6deb2ca2e0403808b11e4511a77c4c

SHA-1:
6f96eae0379912a9bb289b3b052b175cbf3b5149

SHA-256:
f47b68095b31e036f39483cb5ceb099fd29671e7903392cc481cf3ca2b70a9f8

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:21:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppWorkGmbH.Q
14.7.28.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1213
7.2.78

File size:
25.2 MB (26,440,904 bytes)

Product version:
0.9

Copyright:
AppWork GmbH

Original file name:
JDownloaderSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/1/2011 9:00:48 AM

Valid to:
3/1/2014 9:00:41 AM

Subject:
E=e-mail@appwork.org, CN=AppWork GmbH, O=AppWork GmbH, L=Fürth, S=Bavaria, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign ObjectSign CA, OU=ObjectSign CA, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
0100000000012E71E7355C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2012 6:51:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:otR8TxFQX5EWTi7U9M1jXKtfuecxG4VtswWCQfj9UFAaYnCehTnaLUQLf1lh1:UoxFQXbHnGBps/C4j9UOaYCOT0UQLf

Entry address:
0x11F8

Entry point:
4D, 5A, 90, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, 00, 00, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 1F, BA, 0E, 00, B4, 09, CD, 21, B8, 01, 4C, CD, 21, 54, 68, 69, 73, 20, 70, 72, 6F, 67, 72, 61, 6D, 20, 63, 61, 6E, 6E, 6F, 74, 20, 62, 65, 20, 72, 75, 6E, 20, 69, 6E, 20, 44, 4F, 53, 20, 6D, 6F, 64, 65, 2E, 0D, 0D, 0A, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9934  (probably packed)

Code size:
181.5 KB (185,856 bytes)

The file JDownloaderSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 21 URLs.

http://fs36.filehippo.com/9867/.../JDownloaderSetup.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://software.oldversion.com/download.php?f=YTo1OntzOjQ6InRpbWUiO2k6MTQ3NjQ0NjI5MDtzOjI6ImlkIjtpOjExOTQxO3M6NDoiZmlsZSI7czozNjoiamRvd25sb2FkZXItMC05LUpEb3dubG9hZGVyU2V0dXAuZXhlIjtzOjM6InVybCI7czo1MjoiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5vbGR2ZXJzaW9uLmNvbS5kZS93aW5kb3dzL2pkb3dubG9hZGVyLTAtOSI7czo0OiJwYXNzIjtzOjMyOiIxZWU0MjAwNTQ5MDg2MjU2NTg0ZGIzNmJlMzA4NzAxMCI7fQ==

http://dwn2.cdnsoft.org/fas/GWdp14bocuA13EbeuMgzIQ/1451698228/.../jdownloader-0.9.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update1.jdownloader.org  (178.63.91.110:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ns303382.ip-94-23-204.eu  (94.23.204.158:80)

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