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horizon-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 horizon-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.file-mirror.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e38da9aad60106f9ee722d1745c01dc

SHA-1:
bee4a545f7b9705f6d3dc2c45e3e095135d3a543

SHA-256:
e0c55ef5a497c0220c19d59a6a9ed3cd8bc9a83fa21ba5b0e559b9a6fb43d153

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/6/2024 12:41:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9427

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.02.15.02

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57630

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14213

Sophos
Download Admin
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
26476

File size:
791.5 KB (810,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 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 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DxpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBNx:9p23jDK8R7enOnb3GBx

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:
7.4611

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file horizon-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=1759248743

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=579580995

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=-1410656707

http://files5.file-mirror.info/dl?bc=610535

https://www.horizonmb.com/download

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