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saveas.exe

Filegetter

Maxiget 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 saveas.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from stl.files-free.net.
Publisher:
Company limited  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Filegetter

Description:
Helps file downloading

Version:
3, 3, 40, 0

MD5:
23f88daaecafac9ff145cd1fc48da900

SHA-1:
d1fa6e8e2940b43b287c4a7ade5e9f4e3b6936cf

SHA-256:
496d04c293aa94c5953122cce081a12fcc23b0843ce30e0c31545e00d5642261

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 11:27:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.Maxiget (M)
16.4.24.7

File size:
452.3 KB (463,128 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 40, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
Company(C)

Original file name:
FilegetterInstrumnet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\saveas.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 3:41:06 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 1:41:32 PM

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:
7/3/2014 7:09:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OfMcf851TZI7UQ3EbYg50H3Bf6kELz2KFv+OM:O0ckhFQ+Yg50Hxfp42KwOM

Entry address:
0x2B30B

Entry point:
E8, FD, A3, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, A8, ED, 44, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, 04, 06, 45, 00, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, 60, 3E, 44, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 50, 11, 44, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89, 3D, 04, 06, 45, 00, EB, 15, FF, 15, CC, 10, 44, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 0A, C7, 05, 04, 06, 45, 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:
6.9501

Code size:
252.5 KB (258,560 bytes)

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

https://stl.files-free.net/smart-download/.../SaveAs.exe

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