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firefox_2015.exe

Firefox

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_2015.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.

File name:

firefox_2015.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant June (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:

Firefox

Version:

3.0.0.130

MD5:

56f617d70796d75868bef5068b53adb8

SHA-1:

fca97a41477a733cebe06c3360a767a0d1d5cf30

SHA-256:

8267f46a925ce369e14b201608280c20a82613f68383f43ee299ef20a1839639

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:

1/12/2025 12:36:45 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.5.3.18

File size:

1.8 MB (1,836,032 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.130

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}\firefox_2015.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

6/2/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/2/2016 6:59:59 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:

0B7BB8D9E042EFA039E566463582DD32

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 9:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:/y6re1U1kY6qv55EfvHbRDkF5xDcb2rSxsXdJ:qaWU1k8v54fbcRcbNxyJ

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_2015.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.recommended-software.com/v2/click/2vuyc60x/?affiliate_image=http://.../ff-icon.png&d=https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-stub&os=win&lang=en-US&filename=Firefox_2015&icon=http://cdn.adlrma.com/graphics/software/firefox/ff-ico.ico&key=bb75f09614bcb3881f378bea896714f37e736ff9bddbf4e231bedde0e67a975b&n=Firefox&product_image=http://.../ff-logo.png&sid=US-FF&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xKSBBcHBsZVdlYktpdC81MzcuMzYgKEtIVE1MLCBsaWtlIEdlY2tvKSBDaHJvbWUvNDYuMC4yNDkwLjgwIFNhZmFyaS81MzcuMzY_&scid=b90aa830-873b-11e5-88b8-04017184a501

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