» adobereaderupdatesetup.exe
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Analysis
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adobereaderupdatesetup.exe

Adobe Reader

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 adobereaderupdatesetup.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Adobe Reader

Version:

3.0.0.105

MD5:

1eb510d01360e72964d238cf2369feca

SHA-1:

93f08428bfc25a814062c5dd8ffa305fc80db415

SHA-256:

76964752ecb14f727fabfc1acbe006a18d5055e229e6f8c4c88bd3108e7a9df4

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

11/15/2024 12:02:26 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

17.3.13.20

File size:

960.5 KB (983,544 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.105

Original file name:

AdobeReaderSetup-22796854.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\adobereaderupdatesetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

6/21/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/21/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:

7/5/2015 1:44:03 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

Entry address:

0x1288

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 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:

7.0506

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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