instagram_downloader_setup.exe

Express

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application instagram_downloader_setup.exe, “Instagram ” by Premium Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

Product:
Express

Description:
Instagram

Version:
1, 0, 0, 2

MD5:
86fd174ba8719dcae5cd70074374a288

SHA-1:
d37773e8ce0cdb995f3825ad7246d36486fb9905

SHA-256:
c7da083f67e057c90f4bd4e13f60bd26d6acdf96a1db912315ddf30856f7d65d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 11:34:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.2.25.19

File size:
76.3 KB (78,120 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
Express.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
706520EBEF7703A74B71E96735FFEA17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/13/2013 8:07:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3675

Entry point:
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Code size:
37.5 KB (38,400 bytes)

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