uninstall.exe

ExpressFiles Application

Faglaro Enterprises Limited

The application uninstall.exe by Faglaro Enterprises Limited has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SimpleFiles installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.express-files.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://www.express-files.com/  (signed by Faglaro Enterprises Limited)

Product:
ExpressFiles Application

Version:
1, 0, 0, 496

MD5:
f734af7fc3bbc077ce15b46338687f8f

SHA-1:
553c434ec24de9925f0a13a92f55661a277b711e

SHA-256:
0034f7240de77296806e93db1e15730c65ac11a55ded9da279247b9a2502ef3f

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 7:24:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2013.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.110.152

avast!
Win32:Downloader-TSH [PUP]
2014.9-140311

AVG
MalSign.Faglaro Enterprises Limited
2015.0.3513

Bkav FE
W32.Clod935.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1440
9.0.1.096

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.ExpressFiles.AMN
8.14.08.07.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressFiles (variant)
8.9282

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
8/7/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressFiles
14.4.22

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.4.6.3

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.175.10814

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3440

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2014.04.06.03

McAfee
Artemis!93AB60794E97
5600.7194

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FaglaroEnterprisesLimited.J
14.8.7.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.ExpressFiles!1.9E64
23.00.65.14805

Sophos
Express Files
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0827
7.2.70

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
ExpressFiles Installer
25390

File size:
7.2 MB (7,537,248 bytes)

Product version:
2,0,0,0

Copyright:
Copyright http://www.express-files.com/ (C) 2012

Original file name:
ExpressFiles.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SimpleFiles

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\expressfiles\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/13/2012 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, O=Faglaro Enterprises Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
37B080A790663B8AF63D05448AD0343B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/19/2013 6:45:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:+zQnw11gJJJW679fTU3Na1Rtvcs2/lp0yiw6Q:+516JJJf9fQdantvoxl6Q

Entry address:
0xE837

Entry point:
E8, B9, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, A4, B7, 42, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 37, 08, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, C0, E9, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9476  (probably packed)

Code size:
111.5 KB (114,176 bytes)

The file uninstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://inst.express-files.com/.../NVgBKOcOVG5hDsX4chRGOyWC1uDklYEwokcB9kyRAfaMkV6xjk=

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