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chrome_setup.exe

Google Chrome

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 chrome_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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Google Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.155

MD5:
34e910b62e5129a7d853b2f66848975d

SHA-1:
26642db03f5cf6bae26b66a575c5ad1984fbaddf

SHA-256:
955f71531609194888f5d303aa3fcc114b602728781538b1ae7b8e9428224f1b

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:
11/24/2024 7:46:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,135,512 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.155

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

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}\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/21/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 12:59:59 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:
74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 2:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DxG33Zmx0d11Xy57vaAgk3W0FDs1fNv1YHyE3p8eG6CwEJak4:c5m8/XW7vVpm0CB3Y/Z7xEJak4

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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Entropy:
6.9588

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://files.uk-downloads.net/1462915212fCBZMCheMCpZICFCMEUgIyNZViFUJS8vLU1BaE0gbU0gbSEoY1wqVSE9XysoPTghYzA9KU0gbSNeKEA7TSBtMCU6PSlAYjtAL1wtYlwqY0AuQE8qQCxUIUFHQ0MhODlAQUFBIUJAQCFHQT5CIENDREghQEgwRzk I0REQyBEMCNCRyBAQDggSEEjRUchQjAgIT5ERTA SE87XiFUam95dnRsYjJyYj5PXF4hVDJya3NqcGtDRUEgQ0hFIUZDRkM TzgjI14oXjgvQGJeKTgkQFRPLTo9IVwwL2JeKTgkQFQlLy8tTUFoTSBtTSBtX19fY1wqVSE9XysoPTghYzA9KU0gbSQ6OC0lXjA7TSBtMCU6PSlAYi06PSFcMC9iXik4JEBjLSskTytUbj09JChAU2olOj0pQE8jXihAKzgpQFQwJTo9KUBiO0AvXC1PIT0rQGJcOihUJS8vLU1BaE0gbU0gbVwqVSE9XysoPTghYzA9KU0gbSE9XysoPTghYjA9KS0oQC9ATSBtTzA4KzBAKGJcOihUJS8vLU1BaE0gbU0gbVwqVSE9XysoPTghYzA9KU0gbSE9XysoPTghYjA9KS0oQC9ATSBtTUFtQDo6PTpNQWs

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