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adobereadersetup-22796854.exe

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The application adobereadersetup-22796854.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 analytics.filehostcdn.com.
Publisher:
Software Assistant

Product:
Adobe Reader

Version:
3.0.0.136

MD5:
478aeaa11f78039ad5223d772d30be71

SHA-1:
61b8b75d38a56f4336e65b0cd7da71ddb2467e6d

SHA-256:
df1184893c1cd6758eef54ebee2474e64780b124649dd77ae23a9787ea9a3b07

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:52:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.1.31.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,133,320 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.136

Copyright:
(c) Software 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}\adobereadersetup-22796854.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 7:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sxG3izEpeIU4obzFWrdThRt/d6qFrrlGnMPwTjbsK8OA:Ry5NwGS6jb2

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:
6.9599

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file adobereadersetup-22796854.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://analytics.filehostcdn.com/v2/click/8t0lhg4x/?d=http://mysoftwareupdates.com/dl/redir/inst/035c0b5da1cfe02625a814e7698b8cbe-install_reader11_en_mssd_aaa_aih.exe&key=bac23c683f42a8142df47937fc564dbded9d0c8412b1e107e8352399a2653425&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://mysoftwareupdates.com/.../empty.gif&n=Adobe Reader&filename=AdobeReaderSetup-22796854

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