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flash_player_pro_update_setup.exe

Pulldownload

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application flash_player_pro_update_setup.exe, “Application Installer ” by Pulldownload 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Application Installer   (signed by Pulldownload)

Product:
Application Installer

Description:
Application Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
9fdccdfb297c4464ce2943f7b7dab44a

SHA-1:
db4e423f3c1462680832d651b8f6ae87fad5a441

SHA-256:
d247bcd079ec483f13ea595b01d52ac722a951430a43af9211501bd8747275e4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
12/25/2024 8:01:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.1.31.3

File size:
2.1 MB (2,222,456 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Application Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\flash_player_pro_update_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pulldownload

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pulldownload, O=Pulldownload, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B840F63C6F881B974419E1A8D3A94F3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2015 9:59:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4689F

Entry point:
E8, 40, 8D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B, C9, C2, 08, 00, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 53, 56, 57, 64, 8B, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, FC, C7, 45, F8, 0D, 69, 44, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, C7, 64, 02, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B, 40, 04, 83, E0, FD, 8B, 4D, 0C, 89, 41, 04, 64, 8B, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
6.9219

Code size:
455 KB (465,920 bytes)

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