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install_virtualdj_home.exe

VirtualDJ

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 install_virtualdj_home.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downloadwizard.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

VirtualDJ

Version:

3.0.0.102

MD5:

40e2e1d0abd4bb7280f4e3809423c0a1

SHA-1:

e77682ad87f9e6328fa001457047b57204603159

SHA-256:

6dab9c63e0001c6804fa08db7144d5519af306fbcd95f34917ed2dd9e4957a3b

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 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:

12/24/2024 12:57:03 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.3.20.18

File size:

960.2 KB (983,208 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.102

Original file name:

install_virtualdj_home.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\inetcache\ie\{random}\install_virtualdj_home.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

2/15/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/16/2016 5:59:59 PM

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:

3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/18/2015 8:12:08 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:7kU55dn81G83USwjjPAzDaE9aZD5phvQLZiUHt:X55dn81qSA241piAOt

Entry address:

0x126A

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3... 
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Entropy:

7.0561

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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

http://dl.downloadwizard.com/v2/click/.../?sid=ppc&uid=51575439&filename=install_virtualdj_home

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