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FriendsChecker LLC

The application setup.exe by FriendsChecker has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.friendschecker.com.
Publisher:
FriendsChecker LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1d64ab2bf4fac79f79cddf3625aa96af

SHA-1:
970ebbabf1441fe53a4bee8ab23026b481adede2

SHA-256:
34fbfec27ac167fc2e7aa30058d07f9afc37e73a892838d26d79cd30a5bbca3b

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:45:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
ASD.Prevention
2013.08.13

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16758

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.16
9.0.1.0238

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExFriendAlert
8.8682

McAfee
Artemis!1D64AB2BF4FA
5600.7027

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriendsChecker.F
14.8.26.2

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCBH1JH
7.2.238

VIPRE Antivirus
FriendsChecker
20466

File size:
1.1 MB (1,170,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FriendsChecker LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/21/2012 3:32:11 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2013 9:50:39 AM

Subject:
CN=FriendsChecker LLC, O=FriendsChecker LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DE, C=US

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:
07CF8C68061834

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 2:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1fKNEA/M93ul6FR+cnkVFDCNtnYv5SwgudHGsYKgmRnCHnAHr:lKNVe+Qfn0qtX6BGsvgmRnRr

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://d.friendschecker.com/FriendsChecker/243/.../Setup.exe

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