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Bluestacks.exe

Bluestacks

IDC Ventures LLC

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 Bluestacks.exe by IDC Ventures 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 download.program-assist.com.
Publisher:
idcventures  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
Bluestacks

Version:
3.0.0.89

MD5:
78656f8de9bcff91ca63d6c54d7af13e

SHA-1:
50416fa639a88a860cf12b253d213acdfefd60db

SHA-256:
551d5dc7cd7b27505e0ac8ab71927eb8b21cc234ee6cc142d11fccaf93063171

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 10:28:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.IDCVentu.Bundler (M)
16.6.25.14

File size:
956.7 KB (979,616 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.89

Copyright:
(c) idcventures

Original file name:
Bluestacks.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IDC Ventures LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/5/2015 11:32:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3g9+kDPjZYsT8ulJZPTyqpWT6PAb9/T6ls8jmYaS73:Q02Y68wT1pWuPMdm36YZ73

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 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:
7.0413

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file Bluestacks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/18a7551f/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/BlueStacks-SplitInstaller_native_c.exe&key=35e52b8f871cc44afd6986f5e9bb11fa2beb9cdbe6bd8d99aac15893cbb5b4f7&sid=uk-Bluestacks&uid=uk-Bluestacks&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../bluestacks_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../bluestacks_p.png&n=Bluestacks&filename=Bluestacks

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