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Internet Explorer

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 internet explorer.exe, “Internet Explorer ” 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Internet Explorer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Internet Explorer

Description:
Internet Explorer

Version:
3.0.0.13

MD5:
b6b52b873deebcb84d4c49de11ac89e4

SHA-1:
409cac79c35048fd45a3e39d85bec38470fe7db1

SHA-256:
cdeb490453c9779d236e96b72bd3f9522ee19c726d7c6706f1e50008171232e9

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 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:
12/25/2024 1:03:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
15.12.24.15

File size:
867.9 KB (888,680 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.13

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

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:
9/18/2014 6:10:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:u/61EbipgiXMqz0HBSvwke4MLx1si+QuEAeK35Zny:u/61ECgiDzNvwkbOx1oQuEZ

Entry address:
0x49C7F

Entry point:
E8, 6E, 07, 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, 60, F4, 49, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, D1, 07, 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:
7.1976

Code size:
451 KB (461,824 bytes)

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

http://download.installs.co/v2/click/9ks3c7y4/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../internetexplorer10.exe&n=Internet Explorer&key=42a90a6a8f5923e92388c55f9ad6590025f61766fdc967595f1440377b164724&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../internetexplorer10.png&sid=Internet Explorer&filename=Internet Explorer

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