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media player update.exe

HD Player

Installer Setup

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 media player update.exe, “HD Player ” by Installer Setup 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.myinternetserecurity.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Installer Setup (signed by Installer Setup)

Product:

HD Player

Description:

HD Player

Version:

2.5.0.10

MD5:

4e3da5fc04a30cc63a9c1dc8434404a6

SHA-1:

22a06eccdc56b724b23cc31d46da52def3853b70

SHA-256:

56e69be6e8769e6fe0f272c4501024a6aa77e6d30fa972be67d13f94af1e34b0

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:

1/7/2025 6:50:49 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Installe.Installer (M)

16.5.18.0

File size:

1 MB (1,058,136 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.0.10

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\media player update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Installer Setup

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/20/2014 3:18:12 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:+1in8mVNox1rmysKymEOpeYPE+B//KJ+FXFbUrVdlfej:+1Ygx1rm5K9EOzEB/m

Entry address:

0x33C9D0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 50, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, DB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8834

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

992 KB (1,015,808 bytes)

The file media player update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.myinternetserecurity.com/v1.5/click/.../?uid=Ai103LdPrS&sid=633145110&filename=Media Player Update

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