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malwarebytes anti-malware setup.exe

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2016

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 malwarebytes anti-malware 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.softwarerotate4.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2016

Version:

3.0.0.155

MD5:

ed497c545cb01bbde06279f73b2d2d38

SHA-1:

154b7a41eba7fb4669132339d371915dc8db2855

SHA-256:

5062a5e910acbb2e4b28bedf116e63cae2bf68f89eb10fe81ca33bf97dfe5732

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 6:48:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.5.15.1

File size:

1.1 MB (1,136,408 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.155

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}\malwarebytes anti-malware setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

5/2/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/1/2017 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:

088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:PxG7BQtmime/YpqqFw469gZplQQBIlSmLuWDUi/E2co/EJakk:4Am5qk66ZpeuIl56SHl7EJakk

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:

6.9587

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file malwarebytes anti-malware setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwarerotate4.com/v2/click/bfvd2rty/?d=http://cdn.downloadfree2.com/software/malwarebytesantimalware.exe&key=17de7d745e12c7d6aa9f2d005a86d9a363ce66aae8384ba6dbfbd816197711e7&sid=SoftwareDownloadr-Y-USA-malwarebytesantimalware-&uid=&affiliate_image=http://www.softwaredownloadr.com/.../malwarebytesantimalware40.png&product_image=http://www.softwaredownloadr.com/.../malwarebytesantimalware85.png&n=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2016&filename=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Setup&done_url=&cancel_url=

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