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garry's mod setup.exe

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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 garry's mod setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from a.softwaredownloads2.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Steam

Version:
3.0.0.125

MD5:
7a1759dd7d9776c0e156f5b594f1c297

SHA-1:
76f68ac70bc43af9672dada95420b082cfb88d99

SHA-256:
3a060e2a3f90d4883975ef637eccf2d955e3a2c54097950c0e3677a3d9baaddd

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 '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:
12/26/2024 3:31:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.2.3.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,133,408 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.125

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\garry's mod setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 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:
68A4319BC2FC7C8CEA600E8D68FFA326

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UxGMOZKLxYaz9/fqn/m8v9J/zX7NKSEbmfIF8XIVJblmYtK1:ZDgdvBqn/5TES68IFyym

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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Entropy:
6.9598

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file garry's mod setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/gmod.exe&sid=Garrys Mod-US&uid=5382177&key=31f63f05cfb0ae7c7e54b3773248b078b533a1cd59bed9f64714ece75ad8d2dd&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Garry's Mod Setup

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