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googleearthsetup.exe

Google Earth

Download Manager

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 googleearthsetup.exe, “Google Earth ” by Download Manager 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 files.downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Google Earth

Description:
Google Earth

Version:
2.0.48.0

MD5:
a21367a4a0646ed3a091dc63dc6e482c

SHA-1:
84c3d086f135248c3df899f221f0ac5aa6f3f932

SHA-256:
60b51989cc00949cd6f7b5491f8c0fdb3ae7eb009dd3140495f245b10855df91

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:
11/23/2024 4:46:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.7.3.15

File size:
900.4 KB (921,984 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.48.0

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\googleearthsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/12/2014 3:02:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/dcvGletz11DmeoctJacoE4T/uHeoILWNqaLuX+l:A591Z2cKcdAuHe9WnLuI

Entry address:
0x297CC0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, E3, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8744

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
832 KB (851,968 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/3h4qmh6i/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../googleearth.exe&n=Google Earth&key=ba7a121f40a8ed030537f68510d382a5c0cae24acd156a0e239df668e589bde4&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../googleearth.png&sid=ca-googleearth&filename=GoogleEarthSetup

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