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AmazonKindleSetup-23572336.exe

Amazon Kindle

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 AmazonKindleSetup-23572336.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from analytics.filehostcdn.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Amazon Kindle

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
9728b4df167a2011c8145f55c470b584

SHA-1:
2a46199d3fe9ece64ac3d88fee955a210eebe6fd

SHA-256:
70fa02eb53aca360de028580e7e462390f7c16192ec8028ee7c7b5668e614b33

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/26/2024 1:30:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.30.172

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Air Software
15.3.15.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15313

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
37788

File size:
844.2 KB (864,432 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
AmazonKindleSetup-23572336.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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\amazonkindlesetup-23572336.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 5:59:59 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:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2015 9:16:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DkkMre6/oVUyiv4M2ERZFz2NvyUdT/45Hn29PA/:gkMrZAUBv9INL4UFA/

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0570

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

The file AmazonKindleSetup-23572336.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://analytics.filehostcdn.com/v2/click/8t0lhg4x/?d=http://file.org/dl/redir/inst/ddceaa6ca4b8c31a9d225ecf5752e742-KindleForPC-installer.exe&key=17d35225574fe5f4967541a89e65735f9c1440fd9981ef4d7ac09c1bb75decd7&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://file.org/.../empty.gif&n=Amazon Kindle&filename=AmazonKindleSetup-23572336

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