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GoogleToolBar_setup.exe

Google Toolbar

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 GoogleToolBar_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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from storage.tikadownloads.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Google Toolbar

Version:

3.0.0.105

MD5:

a08a099c573dce69517e8ef9258edc3a

SHA-1:

5b994b506cc8112aa9db74a9295d71aff9853c3b

SHA-256:

661540a1a8725dc9d19528eff778547bc7301695f7dc3e8f80236cf7ec7571cc

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:

11/30/2024 11:50:25 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

16.7.30.21

File size:

960.5 KB (983,544 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.105

Original file name:

GoogleToolBar_setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\googletoolbar_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

6/21/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/21/2016 12:59:59 AM

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:

7/8/2015 12:22:31 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:aW+6NCBGVq5JOzz1mpuDKnHWRM0y8CuQf/VpcSQgmkuXOYNND+z:aFghw4zv+dIEf/Qgnud3D+z

Entry address:

0x1288

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10... 
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Entropy:

7.0509

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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

http://storage.tikadownloads.com/v2/click/gvhawd4v/?d=http://www.tikadownloads.com/GoogleToolbarSetup.exe&key=795d274ef19724b60ab4a9a430f9180d61f117c54525b273a8531b4346d7edf2&affiliate_image=http://www.tikadownloads.com/.../googletoolbar100.jpg&product_image=http://www.tikadownloads.com/.../googletoolbar325.jpg&sid=Google Tool Bar&uid=196047&filename=GoogleToolBar_setup&n=Google Toolbar

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