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wajam_install.exe

FastFreeInstall.com

This is the installer for Wajam, a potentially unwanted program that displays social media posts from the user's contacts in search results. The application wajam_install.exe by FastFreeInstall.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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program Open Downloader Manager by Installer Technology Co which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
FastFreeInstall.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
502d49c936a92d101bac847c40864289

SHA-1:
bf9a763ce70f9da2d3909d4d6471fbb475a5c2ec

SHA-256:
355fa9c26dcc73c35d7cd9237614a63219756f2e233d421ee256e4983b8e6a9a

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:
12/24/2024 4:55:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Wajam.FastFreeInstall (M)
15.12.5.10

File size:
2.2 MB (2,321,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\opendownloadermanager\wajam_install.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FastFreeInstall.com

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/30/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FastFreeInstall.com, OU=Insta-Download.com, O=FastFreeInstall.com, STREET=4115 Boul Saint-Laurent, L=Montreal, S=Quebec, PostalCode=H2W 1Y7, C=CA

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

Serial number:
009915504505808BBF6AAC2C2CD2A8C3BE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:53:18 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:rd5eGOQQ5laT+Lu65ZuG58CiKMvRnk+RvoNhzlgsmLeUG:Z5Oz5laTUZmjKMhkwvoNhzlgs/UG

Entry address:
0x36A0

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 88, A7, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 63, 42, 00, E8, EE, 2E, 00, 00, A3, 04, 63, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B0, 0C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 81, 40, 00, 68, 10, A8, 40, 00, 68, 00, 5B, 42, 00, E8, F4, 29, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, BF, 00, C0, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, E2, 29, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9916

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file wajam_install.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Open Downloader Manager  by Installer Technology Co
ODM is a download manager that plugs into various web browsers (IE, Chrome and Firefox). The installer is designed to bundle and offer various additional offers including toolbars and other potentially harmful programs.
opendownloadmanager.com
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The file wajam_install.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-apps.com/.../WIE_2.21.1.44.exe

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