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e2aafbec.exe

Garmin Express

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 e2aafbec.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.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Garmin Express

Version:
3.0.0.153

MD5:
22e60040cda2e77d0772600fa0ac750f

SHA-1:
e70c00073453824a180223f20057e2d400cb1099

SHA-256:
f5e23bb0e22de9645c0d64252b979f1f16cc1b124d63937b751143df4bd260cf

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 11:51:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.19.1

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,144 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.153

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}\e2aafbec.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/26/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2017 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:
1278A8BBE7E82E656B1FD4779E9BC2F0

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:sxGP5qP1v1MJsbvPhYYReBJfIlqXrxERM44Kcf1hpEJakK:RENWJsbvPhYYRNqNcMf5EJakK

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 e2aafbec.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://analytics.freewareflow.com/v2/click/e2aafbec/?d=http://download.garmin.com/omt/express/GarminExpress.exe&key=9b210129a08ce75b44d07fc467a791af20c51e97f95a64e09737924f2c2bef3b&sid=USA-GRMN-GGL&uid=&affiliate_image=http://.../AePwfIv.png&product_image=http://.../VEzVxSp.png&n=Garmin Express&filename=Garmin_Express

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