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advanced systemcare setup.exe

Advanced SystemCare

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 advanced systemcare setup.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 software.softwarerotate2.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Advanced SystemCare

Version:
3.0.0.154

MD5:
a3d7df851c9453909fc28ebf0f55bd30

SHA-1:
f51bd7a70dd3ec8ab7a90bcd338851c20494330b

SHA-256:
f397778df6e9a9f7167b730bf81a186cdba336d83c33fd51102ab0ca085c8dbe

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 3:43:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.3.16

File size:
1.1 MB (1,197,288 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.154

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\advanced systemcare setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/22/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2017 6:59:59 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:
148B902A7D1B3F28E1F8304459D901C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dxGbY/9zdu7VRvqY8W5/HN1+/xHPN5ITovqLbpRZNDIT809EJako/:2Adu7/qy/+/xvN5KNDIT1EJako/

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:
6.9388

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file advanced systemcare setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwarerotate2.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/advancedsystemcare.exe&n=Advanced SystemCare&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/advancedsystemcare/.../aidesktop.ico&key=04fd6d778fa3c4bd3f18db4b8530f3e4b63418741a4f3548ba48431466b809e2&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/advancedsystemcare/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/advancedsystemcare/.../installsplash.png&filename=Advanced SystemCare Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-AdvancedSystemCare-

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