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maxiget.exe

Filegetter

Maxiget 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 maxiget.exe, “Helps file downloading” by Maxiget 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 ds133.files-fast.net.
Publisher:
Company limited  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Filegetter

Description:
Helps file downloading

Version:
3, 4, 10, 0

MD5:
4ecb2219b2bd2f49761ed1e94f1fbf2a

SHA-1:
ab9ee34829e5bd1b8055805d93c4491b888faae7

SHA-256:
ad753eb3ecbc20010d6c4887c351bad05b4b9740d5ccc3108a760fbca4a89efe

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer version of the software and bundles additional offers including adware.

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:
11/2/2024 1:33:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.6.13

File size:
868.6 KB (889,424 bytes)

Product version:
3, 4, 10, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
Company(C)

Original file name:
FilegetterInstrumnet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 1:11:06 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 11:11:32 AM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043F9C868704FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/26/2014 1:37:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PIKKcjon5x8kGKy7d+XGCVTADw48FSa42Ko6:Gpn5WkGV7d2VEDES5i6

Entry address:
0x1C3000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 90, 09, 00, 2D, AF, 0D, 0C, 10, 05, A4, 0D, 0C, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 6C, 82, 9D, 6E, 68, 1B, 73, B2, 46, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, C1, 69, 26, D7, 86, C7, DF, 37, BC, 8E, AD, 13, FB, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9136  (probably packed)

Code size:
249.5 KB (255,488 bytes)

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

https://ds133.files-fast.net/.../Maxiget.exe

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