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classic shell setup.exe

Classic Shell

Download Helper

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 classic shell setup.exe by Download Helper 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 file has been seen being downloaded from everydownload.softwaredelivery6.com.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Classic Shell

Version:
3.0.0.133

MD5:
4cb2677a60fda2cb2d35df6669dee378

SHA-1:
1d27c3f02427548ea0fbcd0951d72d7a43b073d3

SHA-256:
cdc3a99edfeffb9f2bd4b62ca92f09329819c5b0e9d99f62aacb49817483d5f6

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:
12/25/2024 5:08:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.4.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,134,944 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.133

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

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}\classic shell setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=536 Herald St Unit 308, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S5, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
642C88F68717461534C2474AEF29FFD0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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:
6.9547

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file classic shell setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery6.com/v2/click/7e5a1a0b/?d=https://s3.amazonaws.com/wimagespb/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14183039/ClassicShell.exe&sid=Classic Shell-US&uid=7154490&key=4a56ee6083b6345f7d4ade0bc4df1977d534cb6a1afe4371a28cbd88802e4269&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/wimagespb/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14185817/product.png&n=Classic Shell&filename=Classic Shell Setup&done_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/thank-you/&cancel_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/.../

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