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GoogleChromeSetup-23692206.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 GoogleChromeSetup-23692206.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Google Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.71

MD5:
0a8e74957ff07c842125787b0f810dc9

SHA-1:
c90701140eb06a4b759174a17d06d7134a0209c0

SHA-256:
1ab5c3e46cef55b24128a389e19eef8e5f478f47534b2315154fe5cdbfb5d737

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/26/2024 12:52:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
6465596

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.01.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.208.88

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3206

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
1.0.20.190

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.13577
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
DoS-Trojan
13.193.14895

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.02.07.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
16.0.0.114

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader12.dncixg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
11.20150211

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.2.7.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
37240

File size:
785.9 KB (804,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.71

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
GoogleChromeSetup-23692206.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\googlechromesetup-23692206.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 4:10:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UxAhrVL4Ro+a8Gc3qt0VhswFVEDtk8H1wFQp4EB5/RT2c:UOhR5t0VhswFVEDtk8HoQp4EB5/X

Entry address:
0x4CF4F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 40, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1136

The file GoogleChromeSetup-23692206.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://analytics.filehostcdn.com/v2/click/8t0lhg4x/?d=http://file.org/dl/redir/inst/73ad2f723ef58f184f6ffb7e50668d5b-ChromeSetup.exe&key=5fedf8000c620b62c26d66c7108ba361d10c0c9a34399d9a74ae2e881b60b988&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://file.org/.../empty.gif&n=Google Chrome&filename=GoogleChromeSetup-23692206

http://file.org/.../dl-ai.php?fid=23692206&p=tfsb&a=upd&v=20130408

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