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DirectX

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 directx.exe, “DirectX ” by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
DirectX

Description:
DirectX

Version:
3.0.0.50

MD5:
e521d610219a5166d8aead177e41c2de

SHA-1:
dfd6640ff2e4f2efc44fb97e0003e9da1d3a219b

SHA-256:
77cb9848ac63cd72c4f2d0febe2ef52b6695b4beced7f3dab1f0e7cf9c7eb1f3

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/26/2024 11:13:56 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadAssistant
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14395

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2014.12.21.07

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.21.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAssistant.H
14.12.21.18

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

File size:
832.8 KB (852,832 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.50

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2014 5:37:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:z/rul5hXVmgSsJWO7GICErUBn3/U3BJALLCLuMJXBrQc94ionYQiI1XPOHmcmDt+:DroHJWOqpTnk4W5Xz4p1TPOHVmDtfm

Entry address:
0x4C6FF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 40, 3E, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.0733

Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadd.org/v2/click/262e0a56/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../directx.exe&n=DirectX&key=3e13e27e2a119d2cf0124f7721dda70be9bfd61e4a662ffc981fc592aa26ff48&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../directx.png&sid=ca-directx&filename=directx

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