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firefox-2-3.exe

firefox-2-3

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 firefox-2-3.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
firefox-2-3

Version:
3.0.0.127

MD5:
5bd5818fe3882b18333af470cb82aa86

SHA-1:
61731cb1a34be350ff16c5fc8cd32453472b0909

SHA-256:
96d504bf52d273ff9b19bd70bcad6c8c5150476a41c211eea9490800d09ef03f

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:
11/5/2024 12:34:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.22.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,133,272 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.127

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\firefox-2-3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/2/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
58D15D11CD769D740FA555864465D65B

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sxGPfPOdE7b0L+rhuzJ/6KXm5nH6WPGr/BfGk7QLg4K6d:RHPYKb0LFJ/6K0HVkEL5d

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 firefox-2-3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.download-405.com/v2/click/o0rkkjbx/?affiliate_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../icon.png&d=http://toolboox.com/bin/firefox-2-3.exe&filename=firefox-2-3&key=d26cb0a6e9ece08bbc8dfb75af557446d60e21ef016d9886af1a0a6b9f04ce12&n=firefox-2-3&product_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../installer.png&sid=8681&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4zKSBBcHBsZVdlYktpdC81MzcuMzYgKEtIVE1MLCBsaWtlIEdlY2tvKSBDaHJvbWUvNDUuMC4yNDU0LjEwMSBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=f23365e0-71ef-11e5-8f23-04016dd64501

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