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pdf reader.exe

SuperCharging

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 pdf reader.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 dc236.4shared.com.
Publisher:
SPC LLC  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
SuperCharging

Description:
DWD

Version:
3, 3, 29, 0

MD5:
86a0ebd7437868439e09cafc8687731e

SHA-1:
c6dccb7a521051d281be538aca598f124e1e27ea

SHA-256:
c28593cfa6b06ab7aecc9dacb7877b45d5668d3506c73672b2a21d3bbc4d4f97

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:
12/28/2024 4:25:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT (M)
16.3.14.20

File size:
394.7 KB (404,184 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 29, 0

Copyright:
2013

Trademarks:
-

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 7:00:04 PM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 2:33:53 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
049768F7F19C91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/12/2014 7:44:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:3vJuqTV/4hfJdwNwWyWdxi2GDN6PNqqGHONILXnWYBu6bk4b:/JHVQJ2wWyoi7N6PY1HZWYBu2kk

Entry address:
0x288B4

Entry point:
E8, 93, 91, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, 18, AD, 44, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, 3C, C5, 44, 00, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, BC, FF, 43, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 70, D1, 43, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89, 3D, 3C, C5, 44, 00, EB, 15, FF, 15, B4, D0, 43, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 0A, C7, 05, 3C, C5, 44, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 39, 5D, 14, 7E, 22, 8B, 4D, 14, 8B, 45, 10, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, 45, 14, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.6586

Code size:
237 KB (242,688 bytes)

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

http://dc236.4shared.com/download/.../PDF_Reader.exe

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