installer_messenger_english.exe

Messenger

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 installer_messenger_english.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Messenger

Version:
3.0.0.61

MD5:
a6f6e6adb59e48c1d511bee9930d969f

SHA-1:
05f080a62de9dffda58abab201ab366bbdbe4c18

SHA-256:
3c9520f879d6eff7a078d44867f58b339ac36ac1406b483411f5c3d13041f960

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
12/26/2024 3:58:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
6478032

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.02.07

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.208.62

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3206

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
1.0.20.185

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14894

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.02.06.07

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
16.0.0.111

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.ZPACK.dlnoxx
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.06.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software
15.2.6.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36694

File size:
784.4 KB (803,240 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.61

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
installer_messenger_English.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\installer_messenger_english.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2014 3:20:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4NlLp1zdnY029Ve01uh1eWT8/0Ngani6aAKQZl3Mu65aSf8Pp43moJpYEUpObRDk:YdcVe01ubfe0Mz8r65643moJpXD9u

Entry address:
0x4CC8F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1111

The file installer_messenger_english.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

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