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malwarebytes_setup.exe

Advanced Systemcare

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_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 download.downloadsly.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Advanced Systemcare

Version:

3.0.0.108

MD5:

76a380ec270ac7764d40b55763770714

SHA-1:

63424d3335c6c305d15515f92c4cd3336e185fd0

SHA-256:

6a82531d334cce6ef92cc6d15e256161a418648a94e5e6279d7da007186d0ce6

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/15/2024 10:27:41 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

15.7.14.1

File size:

964.8 KB (987,928 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.108

Original file name:

malwarebytes_setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\malwarebytes_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

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:

7/13/2015 6:59:33 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:PJ02tmpp+9kYeNG6EhzslKP+6+uUJxGdiqu4pW/jKaG+gd/JdnQVdX0SPbzKz:hNCp+YNGFzssPl+uMF//jKttUDXHKz

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:

7.0572

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

577 KB (590,848 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadsly.com/v2/click/r8zihncw/?d=http://downloadsly.com/download/malwarebytes_setup.exe&key=b39f87dff7a6cb2623948b8e586a3a96675534707ad97fe95acaedc2bc9a241e&sid=mbus-dldsly-202548-8766959072-gs1401&uid=&affiliate_image=http://downloadsly.com/.../mb-logo.png&product_image=http://downloadsly.com/.../mb-img.png&n=Advanced Systemcare&filename=malwarebytes_setup

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