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overwolf.exe

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New IT 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 overwolf.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 program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ds312.maxiget.com.
Publisher:
C  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
premium

Description:
DWD

Version:
3, 3, 9, 0

MD5:
174ff88c456126d41952970a5b8e9f79

SHA-1:
bba4f2f29bc4074c67305c0d68f1cb9c6b6c037d

SHA-256:
7b8bffc7cd81fe8a9d346db947da0d7b1d78f8270a28d488f37d596b74b6f226

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.

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:
11/30/2024 9:00:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.1.5

File size:
609.3 KB (623,904 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 9, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
-

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/30/2013 4:03:53 AM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 4:03:53 AM

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:
04225A281DFF69

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2014 10:29:48 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EJJit5xRhMPR0qu4eXHUHBvct7K0t9nfBuP:EmaR0qu4eEBvwmQ9K

Entry address:
0x5B4A2

Entry point:
E8, 12, BF, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C...
 
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Code size:
464.5 KB (475,648 bytes)

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

http://ds312.maxiget.com/.../Overwolf.exe

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