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mysteryofsharkisland-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application mysteryofsharkisland-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.playfin.com.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e717cb6efb068119425f557529df2a6

SHA-1:
9ac1db07c707ec26cd88f70bce1ebec2f76cb9fb

SHA-256:
db843f7930c6fbc82e516d359fc701256b8cacbeffebe3472afdc0f230ee9804

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/5/2024 6:31:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
9.9427

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of image burn setup .exe (Adware)
2015.6.26.10

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2015.06.26.10

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57630

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Tightrope
15.3.20.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.15624

Sophos
Download Admin
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
26476

File size:
75.8 MB (79,453,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mysteryofsharkisland-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BxpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBNS:zp23jDK8R7enOnb3GBS

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1439

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file mysteryofsharkisland-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.playfin.com/dl?bc=512523&geo

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