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chrome_setup.exe

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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.154

MD5:
95549850e16ad863f1723d655fbcc777

SHA-1:
7baee4e6c03121fd08c06ab06b2f077afc436e78

SHA-256:
bc94616fe5226c3e74840e704e952c4a99eec4d9d327b2f9982f8c1e4de327cb

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:
12/28/2024 12:52:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.19.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,143,904 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.154

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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/21/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 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:
74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC

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:cxG0y64TdE+4M2UNy7laWWRfj2RFldXe1AaFBNT1+3uCcEJakk:hw4pE+44YlaljMte1HFBNbEJakk

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

http://download.softwiki.org/1462660360ejYuZ3BtZ28uaWsjbHkzajguXGg7bHh4dCg3RSg2Sig2SjExMSB3c2p4MW1vbSBzdmsoNkpqbXBpdyg2SmdsdnNxaSBpMmkrb2kzO2c5aCNAOWojaDZpQGohZUAhaUBmZzcjZ2lqNmU1QDhlajckODVmZSNqNiRAITVmQGc4aDYwamhAOGpnaTc5OWkrd21oO3dzangxbW9tLmp2LmdsdnNxaSt5bWg7K2Vqam1wbWV4aT5tcWVraTtseHh0KDdFKDZKKDZKd3NqeDFtb20gc3ZrKDZKaHMxcig2Smp2KDZKbXFla2l3KDZKZ2x2c3FpIHRyayt0dnNoeWd4Pm1xZWtpO2x4eHQoN0UoNkooNkp3c2p4MW1vbSBzdmsoNkpoczFyKDZKanYoNkptcWVraXcoNkokNSB0cmsrcjtHbHZzcWkram1waXJlcWk7R2x2c3FpPndpeHl0K2hzcmk eXZwO2x4eHQoN0UoNkooNkp4eXJodmUgd214aSg2SnRla2l3KDZKV2FISSg2SldhWGNUIGx4cXArZ2VyZ2lwPnl2cDtseHh0KDdFKDZKKDZKeHlyaHZlIHdteGkoNkp0ZWtpdyg2SldhSEkoNkpXYU1SWCBseHFw

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