installer_directx_spanish.exe

Statscom

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_directx_spanish.exe by Statscom 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 download.secure.edgesuite.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Statscom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5c16eddc0aaec5207232bfa3f21171b3

SHA-1:
be9614a5a8ce79e84d3de5f5c3ae3ddd03a17579

SHA-256:
8b51716d7d0c69f2f868627128ddeb9dbf9d23d2e854ec71c717f9131d80eb33

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:
11/5/2024 11:31:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2014.10.10

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3326

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Downloadadmin
0.98/19488

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.33656
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-09-10_5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13630

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.10.09.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Statscom.Z
14.10.9.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
33706

File size:
824.5 KB (844,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/21/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, 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:
168FC1E941808849273C2F629E69FF2D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 12:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0xpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8Su:Ip9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5u

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file installer_directx_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

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