installer_adobe_flash_player_french.exe

Sanflex

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 installer_adobe_flash_player_french.exe by Sanflex has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from freempr9.freesoftstore.com.
Publisher:
Sanflex  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fa29712d8ef696dd241209efa6897443

SHA-1:
02658ed7d55dedd1392b7370003e0660d34a578e

SHA-256:
71682e20004f9bbbe98b48f7682520564b9f2da34ad4c43a9a9b9d983f3f41e4

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:50:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2014.10.12

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.177.172

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.141012

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Downloadadmin
0.98/21411

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin (variant)
8.10548

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
10/12/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.10.12.04

McAfee
Artemis!FA29712D8EF6
5600.6980

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Bundler
15.5.3.0

Sophos
Generic PUA AC
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
33848

File size:
820.9 KB (840,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sanflex, O=Sanflex, 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:
42D7699269B5BB95341F5DA022F6E57D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 8:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:axpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8SW:mp9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5W

Entry address:
0x3345

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, 2E, 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, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4887

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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