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citrix_reciever_setup.exe

Citric Receiver 4.1.2

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 citrix_reciever_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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from analytics.freewareflow.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Citric Receiver 4.1.2

Version:

3.0.0.117

MD5:

789d21f6779b02284c5427ebf30a9485

SHA-1:

6b0177e19e839b2bc09a78b1876835a412888a2d

SHA-256:

27c7b5f3c0f99aaae625504b6c357e85c5189a82cb885c4dcb43d396da90e24a

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 11:57:07 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

16.2.8.6

File size:

1.1 MB (1,118,032 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.117

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}\citrix_reciever_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

7/2/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/2/2016 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:

58D15D11CD769D740FA555864465D65B

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:UxGHR/1Ag+PQeBC6R66trK+fIodWawQ+jstN3bY:Z51AdPLBC64krKo9wQ+sbL

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:

6.9433

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://analytics.freewareflow.com/v2/click/c2ba3weo/?d=http://downloadplugins.citrix.com/Windows/CitrixReceiver.exe&key=d29b017dbabacd41a8d2b13bcdde798bbafe36222780b46362bc923c3d07d685&sid=USA-CTR-BNG&uid=&affiliate_image=http://.../XBaafUX.jpg&product_image=http://.../Tl9QePT.jpg&n=Citric Receiver 4.1.2&filename=Citrix_Reciever_Setup

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