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netgear genie setup.exe

Netgear Genie

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 netgear genie 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 everydownload.softwaredelivery19.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Netgear Genie

Version:
3.0.0.155

MD5:
4c330c42c91773490fbf1204c2af9aa9

SHA-1:
3a60b56357568351427f7398346893483150f34b

SHA-256:
f001e70660e96c16833291bd326f11f87c8238122c8413cc0d474a38fbaa9b60

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:
1/13/2025 4:41:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.15.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.155

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}\netgear genie setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/2/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/1/2017 6:59:59 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 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TxGnRMavMteJUGGKDd/wCXPMurL4Lz+Vfrk5FTEJakN:MKaqGTDdYzurMLz+iDTEJakN

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:
6.9653

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file netgear genie setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery19.com/v2/click/cfab8c37/?d=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/05164211/netgenie.exe&sid=Netgear Genie-US&uid=12733744&key=771c69d4bd323f99af393ad0206c3605bb81bb62053a7a4c600de0b0540de028&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/05164228/product.png&n=Netgear Genie&filename=Netgear Genie Setup&done_url=http://tundra.site/pages/LM/LM_TYP.html&cancel_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../MLINT.html

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