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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_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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.softwiki.org.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Version:
3.0.0.154

MD5:
2beb76dba7ccc23b40bfcb11c39e94ad

SHA-1:
208bdd0dcdfec7e76c46969f6a4f5f2283750fca

SHA-256:
99493e607a85a3915327696228f25c99b8efb2abb1f671493f387213e6935222

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:
12/28/2024 12:20:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.22.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,142,792 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.154

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\inetcache\ie\{random}\malwarebytes_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/21/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 1:59:59 AM

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:
74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 3:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WxGjMEBUTItoRurhYQA+HBPp9E7kC/FgynuH6Vrztc8vbeZV4EJakw:7I6UTtRumQAwBPp9Grn7rztc8vbu4EJG

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://download.softwiki.org/v2/click/eg9huyf4/?affiliate_image=http://softwiki.org/down/.../images/malwarebytes.png&cancel_url=http://tundra.site/pages/SWDE/SWINT.html&d=http://www.softwiki.org/files/malwarebytes.exe&done_url=http://tundra.site/pages/SWDE/SWTYP.html&filename=Malwarebytes_setup&key=3ea2322c5622b6f5c29b6c5c5ca321aecba7f15a845ae0180f7195733dc12cf3&n=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&product_image=http://softwiki.org/down/.../images/01.png&sid=softwiki/.../malwarebytes&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV09XNjQpIEFwcGxlV2ViS2l0LzUzNy4zNiAoS0hUTUwsIGxpa2UgR2Vja28pIENocm9tZS81MS4wLjI2ODMuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=dcf7c57e-121a-11e6-ac6b-0401ac006801

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