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module3.exe

Download Helper

New IT Limited

This is part of a bundled installer which provides applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application module3.exe by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc112.4shared.com.
Publisher:
New IT Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Helper

Version:
1, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
98d7241504a133cca5a837fea1b3a7e6

SHA-1:
9c44b9547298a463ed6a370caf69e83487a73b90

SHA-256:
2635b4ba8ed85e3483f64eb2e98ac0beb9a56c175889f9f40094cc9604bf89fb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/22/2025 1:11:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.7.31.2

File size:
194.9 KB (199,536 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\module3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2012 8:16:05 PM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 6:30:34 PM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B2A165690BBAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2013 11:24:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:uU9Y/NhJDR+uHLXOTp9b4EEGAB0FSaO+yfOj36Z:u3NnF+GL+1OEEXSyf0O

Entry address:
0xAFF0

Entry point:
E8, B8, 45, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, D4, 13, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, A4, 13, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, 49, 35, 00, 00, 59, E8, 72, 46, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 74, 46, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, A4, 13, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.0541

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

The file module3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://dc112.4shared.com/downloadhelper/named/xeroxvrg/.../module3.exe

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