installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe

Adobe Flash Player

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 installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from freempr9.afrureta.com.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
2.5.0.24

MD5:
fd2cc4cc1e28b6cc98f0782bf94f8556

SHA-1:
a04711f11992c0f9a0b2da831f9ee510b4800b04

SHA-256:
03b8bf86690a4eb2f3b3a3521360e81bb4bd52e1fddb2575014fed5e953d8a0a

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 11:40:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.543

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadManager.e
14.12.31.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

File size:
1 MB (1,065,112 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.24

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

Original file name:
installer_adobe_flash_player_English.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 4:59:59 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:
12/22/2014 10:17:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KM1iy9cN7tjk3XUnyAmkx3B6jHcDxVX2CI7ZSeoTS:j1iy9SpjX8i6GD2CcSeZ

Entry address:
0x345A40

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, DB, 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:
7.8897

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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