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friendnotifier_setup.exe

DownloadManager.exe

Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application friendnotifier_setup.exe, “Friend Notifier ” by Optimum Installer 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.optimum-installer.com.

File name:

Publisher:

ADK Apps (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:

DownloadManager.exe

Description:

Friend Notifier

Version:

2.1.15

MD5:

e6f125954248731d00f85cb568f97ca0

SHA-1:

a17c6088a92c6402e6be3ca0cfe1d08b11da35dd

SHA-256:

abbbcf264cb8bac04e28dfb2cf80762139bb34da28c362742baa795fdebeebce

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 1:30:54 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge (M)

16.7.27.17

File size:

669.8 KB (685,864 bytes)

Product version:

2.1.15

Original file name:

Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\friendnotifier_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Optimum Installer

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/10/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/7/2013 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:

7C5F27B776ADBBB7943F700066A490BF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/9/2013 1:41:11 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:gexhH6HiUVUEPVCWpj7Vy5bwmF6KpvoI+QcGcf7S5DGbJpAUeVGd:guV6HiUVTPVCWuwmFNvoI7cjSdGYUqM

Entry address:

0x4D4E5

Entry point:

E8, DE, C9, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 57, CA, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, FF, 35, 54, 99, 49, 00, E8, F6, 38, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 23, 91, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 56, CD, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 37, CC, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 53, 56, 57, 33, FF, 3B, D7, 74, 07, 8B, 5D, 0C, 3B, DF, 77, 1E, E8, 9B, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, BF, AF, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.4211

Code size:

424.5 KB (434,688 bytes)

The file friendnotifier_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install.optimum-installer.com/o/.../FriendNotifier_Setup.exe

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