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cookingacademy-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application cookingacademy-setup.exe by Download Admin 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.freega.me and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
53467e2f1adf79c18f1d1fb2ed42ac15

SHA-1:
32a249c3b54d583f49a0eded2aaf35d06c0cb5a7

SHA-256:
d4ca1ee770d661a2c9aeecff4e999562dc17938b79744ab29aefd1788af757ea

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 12:54:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.U
15.1.1.21

File size:
76.2 MB (79,949,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cookingacademy-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1pRpUihG1NvE/nZ6xH83sNsvbJcbI/UrGG3vFr7sSHBLWQ3jmY:15GvE/nZOc3CUtoOUGfSHBLWQC

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.2321

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cookingacademy-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=-1392444728

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=1844756888

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=-493494684

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=-65789494

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=-1918192913

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=1994039197

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=1017270362

http://files4.freega.me/download?s=msn&c=single&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=12708&country=US&cb=934844610

http://files5.freega.me/dl?bc=12708&geo

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