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exorcist-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 exorcist-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.hiddenobject.net.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f69238a3e5fc0a87f5550a00f1e83053

SHA-1:
448863e30246e296d3f3de64281df69a73a24987

SHA-256:
a625d55491ef41624b03a0ceae998f4f62497149ea988845032f7f2e0a94b357

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
1/14/2025 10:42:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2014.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3303

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Downloadadmin
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-02-11_1

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13866

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.11.02.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.O
14.11.2.2

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
34232

File size:
824.5 KB (844,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 4:59:59 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:
7/15/2014 9:29:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8SU:kp9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5

Entry address:
0x3345

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, 2E, 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, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4918

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file exorcist-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.hiddenobject.net/download/.../dl?s=msn&c=Srch.US.HiddenObject.BM_Old&variation=TB10723&brand=hiddenobject.net&pid=TR&bc=956147&country=US&cb=1796827759&zTmp=1

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