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adobe_flash_player.exe

Adobe Flash Player

Download Assistant

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_player.exe by Download Assistant 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.adobe-flash.eu.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.110

MD5:
700a5351afca1a391196e87f9d270a21

SHA-1:
e23b216a2b597b40c0c59c4bc03c24b56539bdbe

SHA-256:
27a018b35e58ae4dd003d40c207c8fe51965d27033d99dcc869f965ccbfbbbbe

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:
11/27/2024 10:42:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.11

File size:
1 MB (1,053,976 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.110

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
adobe_flash_player.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\adobe_flash_player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
68A4319BC2FC7C8CEA600E8D68FFA326

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2015 7:43:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vsC1+q3CJynGprLiz0POZKN9jBlTfM/QM3E2VkzI:vsfqTwrLiRkN9jzxMU2cI

Entry address:
0x1288

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.0651

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
577 KB (590,848 bytes)

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

http://download.adobe-flash.eu/v2/click/fimjsqkl/?d=http://adobe-flash.eu/files/adobe_flash_player.exe&key=fb57713401040ee80cb85560f292d69ee03c779a3c567123564e27a76e856ed2&sid=flashnet&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://adobe-flash.eu/.../flash-product.png&icon=http://adobe-flash.eu/.../flash.ico&n=Adobe Flash Player&filename=adobe_flash_player

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