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ccleaner_setup.exe

CCleaner

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 ccleaner_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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Piriform CCleaner but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

ccleaner_setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

CCleaner

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

d5556118142117da699c0f7654c4c49e

SHA-1:

8e2bd49edf616c8b5267a92880ce3395d7f2e736

SHA-256:

4fac3cd2fb61493b3eb20f5e5828d16830d6fe9fe26d512b359fd9e16268612c

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:

12/26/2024 1:30:42 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.5.8.0

File size:

1.1 MB (1,136,392 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.154

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\ccleaner_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/14/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/15/2017 1:59:59 AM

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:

3179370BECD0CB49DB3E6431A0C87799

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 3:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:VxG36234ZxKAOZjz+F6ujbj9POCaiTRN875X0EqOnpllEJak8:OT380A8jzY6un9POhiRg5X07WpPEJak8

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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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://chrome.downloadlod.com/v2/click/7abcad06/?affiliate_image=http://www.downloadlod.com/down/.../images/Ccleaner.png&d=http://server2.downloadlod.com/files/ccleaner.exe&filename=CCleaner_Setup&key=24369ae99c70e8730032cda673e9048cc246fad95aa562dc23a35f2099f92643&n=CCleaner&product_image=http://www.downloadlod.com/down/.../images/ccleanerinst.png&sid=lod/.../Ccleaner&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4zOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzUwLjAuMjY2MS43NSBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=9a782e48-070a-11e6-ae77-0401ac006801

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