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limewiresetup.exe

Pinball Corporation.

This is a component for the Pinball ad-supported platform which may deliver advertisemenst to the web browser in the form of banner and text ads. The application limewiresetup.exe by Pinball has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from origin-ics.hotbar.com.
Publisher:
Pinball Corporation.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Installer

Version:
2.0.142.0

MD5:
3354b72c18cfbb9b032e705876a2ce82

SHA-1:
09104e9f52a44c0db420ea6c6000eba86c25cb1b

SHA-256:
72cdbb732a3267c46107d14d7114f32464878175dd8e4d846eada81b3a234b21

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 7:38:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Hotbar
2011.11.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADSPY/AdSpy.Gen2
7.11.18.123

avast!
Win32:HotBar-AZ [PUP]
2014.9-150602

AVG
Zango
2016.0.3091

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.HotBar.4
1.0.20.765

Clam AntiVirus
Suspect.W32.AdInstall.PBCXP
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
10793

Dr.Web
Adware.Zango.178
9.0.1.0153

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.WebToolbar.Win32.Zango!IK
8.15.06.02.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.HotBar (variant)
9.6668

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PlatriumSA
6/2/2015

F-Prot
W32/HotBar.K.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.HotBar.4
11.2015-02-06_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.HotBar
15.6.22.290/22.541

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Zango
t3scan.1.1.109.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.115563

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Zango
14.0.0.1950

Malwarebytes
Adware.Hotbar
v2015.07.28.02

McAfee
Artemis!3354B72C18CF
5600.6747

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/Hotbar
1.163.1557.0

Norman
W32/180Solutions.BPZ
11.20150602

nProtect
Gen:Variant.Adware.HotBar.4
11.11.29.01

Quick Heal
Win32.Adware.ZangoSearchAssistant.3.Pack
6.15.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Pinball.Installer
15.6.1.21

Sophos
ClickPotato Installer
4.71

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Agent/Gen-Zango
9839

Trend Micro House Call
HeurSpy_Zango-3
7.2.153

Trend Micro
HeurSpy_Zango-3
10.465.02

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.HotBar.dh
3.12.16.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Pinball Corporation.
11175

File size:
189.3 KB (193,816 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.142.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pinball Corporation.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2009 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/19/2011 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pinball Corporation., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pinball Corporation., L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4FEAB55730A755A456FE6C18A4791C1A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2010 5:42:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:xzkZNPrY53qmE+LojlnFZYIFOqFmfxV5IMXTbqC:xIZ9vjl74qFyH9bqC

Entry address:
0x7DA50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, FA, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8815

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
176 KB (180,224 bytes)

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

http://origin-ics.hotbar.com/IC/GPLHBLite11_Limewire/4005/.../LimewireSetup.exe

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