» garrys_mod_setup.exe
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garrys_mod_setup.exe

Garrys Mod

Download Helper

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 garrys_mod_setup.exe by Download Helper 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 everydownload.softwaredelivery13.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Helper (signed and verified)

Product:

Garrys Mod

Version:

3.0.0.134

MD5:

1c4d9abe81b4e7ed7500343cb5724f59

SHA-1:

70cc42ff65fd6ee1d1ca65a5b15fd0fb397d4e62

SHA-256:

187d0036fb0451a8a7bd8935cdf9e1756a62d6899b7fbd72882b521d1bd9fdc2

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:

11/15/2024 4:27:42 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.6.6.9

File size:

1.1 MB (1,134,632 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.134

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}\garrys_mod_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Helper

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

12/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/21/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=536 Herald St Unit 308, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S5, C=CA

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

7403D5D9F1275B32252F3B40F9630A45

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:nxGEYNBHp6H83Z6AOP/G9B3IDvU0Xdqxx7KNEiHrpX3CQ1O:Q5p6eUAOWEbexYNtHtX3t1O

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.9641

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery13.com/v2/click/39002879/?d=https://s3.amazonaws.com/latestversion/gmod.exe&sid=Garrys Mod-US-GEM&uid=8079119&key=98f0ee1e92c7d8ffabec24944d3743ee544fac0a4b7d2eaa967faa9ff292ef00&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/gmod/product.png&n=Garrys Mod&filename=garrys_mod_setup&done_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/thank-you/&cancel_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/.../

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