javaplatformseupdatesetup.exe

Java Platform SE

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 javaplatformseupdatesetup.exe 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 the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Java Platform SE

Version:
3.0.0.110

MD5:
55ee7cd412a64371cd7cd060f43c8ac2

SHA-1:
d17748c98aea6369927a3326b627a2518851b0b2

SHA-256:
2af8c917168a72dd7d1700d284c1fb4406550d0e4fb2ac3f01ad95fca2cffe5d

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:
11/15/2024 11:33:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.16.7

File size:
965.3 KB (988,440 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.110

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
JavaPlatformSESetup-26222750.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\javaplatformseupdatesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
68A4319BC2FC7C8CEA600E8D68FFA326

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2015 7:58:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1288

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.0492

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
577 KB (590,848 bytes)

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