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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.

File name:

chrome_setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Google Chrome

Version:

3.0.0.134

MD5:

805190a8c5d534c7def1949ecd4a7d68

SHA-1:

655e4869a7e3fb1217b8f8241edd9fab944dbc5d

SHA-256:

33841efd543e50ed8989ba1e9c13b6a7d2704d4e6a4dd0cb9793f4d572fba1a8

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:

11/27/2024 12:51:35 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

16.1.5.21

File size:

1.1 MB (1,137,824 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.134

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

12/1/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/2/2017 4:59:59 PM

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:

04A6D3440F1D06EE9CA4CE2B30C76606

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 7:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:SxG3Qq9PmD1TBS4dLNfsLhFVVmGm6db/N5X/4MJbIaIefNI7NzAW/Q4K:XAYYTBSNVVmQ5P4qEab1wFAv4K

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:

6.9686

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://official.securedownload44.com/v2/click/ce15bb36/?d=http://alldownloadable.com/.../ChromeSetup.exe&n=Google Chrome&key=956cf6020c21c16c2ccdc4c7c9552d41a9431a35f001111062aa12ad659951a6&affiliate_image=http://alldownloadable.com/.../chromeLogoNoWords.png&product_image=http://alldownloadable.com/.../chromeLogoWithWords.png&filename=Chrome_Setup&sid=gcd2015,1,.google chrome download 2015

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