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ark survival evolved setup.exe

Pac

Download Helper

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 ark survival evolved setup.exe, “Pac Setup ” by Download Helper 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Pebegahudo (signed by Download Helper)

Product:

Pac

Description:

Pac Setup

Version:

5.3.3.0

MD5:

8fa9e8ff34dbf4c4882aefaf28872be5

SHA-1:

16875f5d9e9e57f1b80a03fe73c083f4edd0a5d1

SHA-256:

71e5e925deb847d9ee37e68fa24b66eb99a64e15fcbd4e9dd0287fbd588677ee

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:

12/25/2024 6:32:51 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.3.16.8

File size:

1.2 MB (1,217,824 bytes)

Product version:

1.7

File

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\ark survival evolved setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Helper

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

12/18/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/17/2018 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Helper, OU=IT, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

6B209A9997D0FC2C4CF9896912DC9418

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, A3, AA, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.9843

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file ark survival evolved setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.quickbitsdownloads.com/5AuKafJKCfAUQnWxehCCBk5QxJPUu49z3PihPJdJgVRetp3Jf4Yx5WOsZaCB5BjbEEHEo4JIW tOG9lHT0NeDVHay4LYv0pi9nEm2RIY9BmpAjaXXK21ydVm2dbkqCB6e6pv56ubtGQdzF5j0okgovpv0t5LOYZrldtoKrC4mYuqgYheiezqdHHpLDXSbL5mH4Ogq51REQe8tPLv0hA2YgBGFtUEpA==-Gz4AAES3eV7pd3hcIwdGFFIGgUMOXE5tiVwwAA0mh88XmcmoyiRypaf7bhBMLIzwBxlW7UgeNXiN9VL4CQ==

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