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Kindle for PC

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 kindle for pc setup.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwaredownloadguru.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kindle for PC

Version:
3.0.0.130

MD5:
318c98e13671e0fbda433ee40de1b3ed

SHA-1:
25e8e7726b3ceb6d4c22719059863823546f50e1

SHA-256:
6ae7a33f2e8e0bae773e2679d0e68647fa3344598550b56ad9824983222997f0

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:
12/27/2024 6:21:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.24.23

File size:
1.1 MB (1,190,832 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.130

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\kindle for pc setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/27/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/27/2016 6:59:59 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:
5AB0D4FBB68E66252A764F6A8E02A8ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3xGOI31Pc5+bRK2kapWfL15qNrOT/BSLoF3l2T8xsXz:Az1kAhBQL15yQWul2YxsXz

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9219

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file kindle for pc setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwaredownloadguru.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/kindleforpc.exe&n=Kindle for PC&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/kindleforpc/.../aidesktop.ico&key=e6e4203538a992d3efac25c9b76908e138138d56ffae951afd8add1cafd12d91&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/kindleforpc/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/kindleforpc/.../installsplash.png&filename=Kindle for PC Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-KindleforPC-

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