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gimp-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application gimp-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.getgimp.com.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d96aaf28ebabc9f2c362ca0e47ddc4b5

SHA-1:
72d566078242b1bce86d44ec107a7a989bcf2bfc

SHA-256:
601087d2e7dba89a36df2c60763be2f91657f64cc67355b112c1d16c14fe431f

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 6:23:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-150823

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.15823

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.ANGL
21707

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0235

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
9.9427

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2015-23-08_1

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of browserupdate-setup.exe (Adware)
2015.8.23.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15544

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57630

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.7.22.19

Sophos
Download Admin
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
26476

File size:
75.8 MB (79,453,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gimp-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HxpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBNf:Rp23jDK8R7enOnb3GBf

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1439

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gimp-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.getgimp.com/dl?bc=6542&geo

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