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xmediaplayer.exe

Fedder Corporation Limited

The application xmediaplayer.exe by Fedder Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from playmediafree.com.
Publisher:
Fedder Corporation Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0f94e5d549eab4298d17e44ec054d2ad

SHA-1:
55ae201db55778cf04dfe2ab52840ecb4443967b

SHA-256:
a6e695aad29fb842d5133265601cdd32a7ee9d732c0d3875d2980aac8074d19b

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 8:40:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0176

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9490

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11311

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.06.25.07

McAfee
Artemis!0F94E5D549EA
5600.7089

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cthmyi
0.28.0.58101

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.FedderCorporationLimited.M
14.6.25.7

Sophos
Mal/Agent-IE
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0103
7.2.176

File size:
10.1 MB (10,563,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fedder Corporation Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/17/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fedder Corporation Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Fedder Corporation Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
22D2B6AFF4224506F133F373AAB07BFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:EeVgIRnhSy9O6dhFqPxxH14frMdCj8bEuJMc:HVbRsOtFqPxxHmD98YKMc

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9970

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://playmediafree.com/XMediaPlayer.exe

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