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Adobe Flash.exe

Adobe Flash Player

IDC Ventures LLC

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Adobe Flash.exe by IDC Ventures 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Download-Assist  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.67

MD5:
c9b7dd42aea05900c051e99d2c054d6c

SHA-1:
635042284b2ddd7d40eeaeeb1d2babff28b05fc2

SHA-256:
5e1a0406bf3c64c7a68a54427386bd04a860bd2227d980e585aeb8ffecc4e498

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:44:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.2.25.23

File size:
785.9 KB (804,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.67

Copyright:
(c) Download-Assist

Original file name:
Adobe Flash.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IDC Ventures LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/25/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 1:20:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4CD6F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1128

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