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adobe-reader.exe

Adobe Reader

Download Assistant

The application adobe-reader.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.acrobat-reader.net.
Publisher:
Download Assistant

Product:
Adobe Reader

Version:
3.0.0.132

MD5:
2fd9fada9ad3194172fcfe5734a54617

SHA-1:
ecb5db7932f71e5034f0167f5b112cb0f90c4ecf

SHA-256:
4efd4ce568f32491f2d4f3740d4e1feccb8c786f36060faf2f5061449ef347b2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:13:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AirSoftware.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.5.4.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,132,638 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.132

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adobe-reader.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kxG3VKCOlTrTuEsIFYjrDPav6yHOJ5gdHBSOSn2AjYEqpC6p/QrBr:JFKCOlruKFGqv5W2dHBSZ2AjNO9pIrBr

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9629

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file adobe-reader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.acrobat-reader.net/v2/click/jsttxfb6/?d=http://acrobat-reader.net/.../adobe_reader.exe&key=fd2271947d4cf555f7e02f1b27416fb1917bde27dfa69741ee017f468411dcdb&sid=readernet&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=&n=Adobe Reader&filename=adobe-reader

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