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santafree.exe

Freeze.com, LLC

This is the InstallX/InstallIQ download manager and installer that will bundle offers during setup for additional PUPs and other unwanted software. The application santafree.exe by Freeze.com 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 Wise Installer installer.
Publisher:
Freeze.com, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c4cb48dd555b6588d6cc2a00e157478c

SHA-1:
e9dc2b0f7d0d009ce5d741e0758d9f326ca11f7d

SHA-256:
1415ced3f872f10004e2a02ffc740127e24a6cc0778fbff043f51939f27d6b5f

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:
11/15/2024 7:54:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallX.Freeze (M)
16.2.19.13

File size:
2.3 MB (2,382,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freeze.com, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/30/2004 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/30/2005 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Freeze.com, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Freeze.com, LLC", L=Waite Park, S=MN, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2001 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)01, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc."

Serial number:
08E8C10EC02DE5E4FB3201F9EBFB1E0C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/1999 1:54:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ik/pTHhqMJ7NhRP/bBlzdzYzP82w8JGGEeiEh0:NG25hR/b882w1GEgh

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9975

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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