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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 kodi.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 download.repodepo5.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
kodi

Version:
3.0.0.133

MD5:
636231a27fe99569b0942c4a5b8c3750

SHA-1:
a85a8ced42945edd3829ac172b9dd411e106a86e

SHA-256:
7a797b7e2b21b3a2558b1c7bc58f995672d8993505c6ee28b26fad2d3f3f1ccf

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:41:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.21.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,135,064 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.133

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}\kodi.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/25/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/25/2016 4:59:59 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:
2A1D11E01BC0F867CA2D021506280DBF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qxGsXlC9Y31LkthmTtkcVU/ShMG0t0ANm66zwkSf3:PWZXPM3LkSf3

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:
6.9563

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://download.repodepo5.com/v2/click/70b95fb0/?d=http://toolboox.com/bin/kodi.exe&key=61744f364a017fc9b45d98e31d11618c891525c94013efa3505f9add6869045a&sid=8757&uid=8757&affiliate_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../icon.png&product_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../installer.png&n=kodi&filename=kodi

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