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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application itunes.exe, “Application Installer ” by Sail Machine 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Application Installer   (signed by Sail Machine)

Product:
Application Installer

Description:
Application Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
ad70896ea536d0085dcc5e86d50bc886

SHA-1:
977a868414a18eb3351bbcd0372f27120a381bf8

SHA-256:
35a5b92476cc244bf25b71d7bf64d73bc59c0994aa5886b7bd82779d75ea46a4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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 4:35:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.13.9

File size:
2.1 MB (2,222,952 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Application Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sail Machine

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/7/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sail Machine, O=Sail Machine, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=MO, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0093EB50E573F77CB7446B90F07F1211B2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2015 4:59:52 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4689F

Entry point:
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Code size:
455 KB (465,920 bytes)

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