axel.exe

Power Play Media

The application axel.exe by Power Play Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer.
Publisher:
FYI Fun Installer Setup  (signed by Power Play Media)

Product:
FYI Fun Installer Setup

Version:
3.9.3.6729

MD5:
37a42eb5e54f750369f117eaf85c3877

SHA-1:
d09c25b268661be05b6e2a718f62058b535c17f5

SHA-256:
58600efbaf9ddde51c8c79679be15b870e1e34cf4cd2ace6d94474fba71270bb

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:
12/26/2024 6:34:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
16.9.14.13

File size:
869 KB (889,848 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.3.6729

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\axel\axel.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2015 6:17:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 6:17:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Power Play Media, O=Power Play Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
42E6D7782DB3A869

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 10:37:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AyTohPU5CUVwmajfvK9ETAbkOjUqB/a2faeXv3Zm5299Dk1jrJeqj2pID8j7IPIo:A0qigmawbrJB/7RPZKm0m0PTEn3P6j

Entry address:
0x262B

Entry point:
E8, E0, B2, 00, 00, E9, E2, AB, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, C7, 44, 24, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3F, 3C, 00, 00, D9, 7C, 24, 1A, 0F, B7, 44, 24, 1A, 0D, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 8D, 44, 24, 24, 50, D9, 6C, 24, 20, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, DF, 7C, 24, 2C, 8B, 74, 24, 2C, D9, 6C, 24, 2A, E8, 1E, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 34, 8B, F8, 83, C4, 18, 8D, 1C, 0F, 89, 5C, 24, 14, 85, FF, 75, 11, 55, E8, 14, 3B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9690  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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