officeinstaller.exe

Download Manager

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 officeinstaller.exe, “Product Installer” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Setup  (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Product Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0010

MD5:
30cab8e96e078eacf572e82a10182259

SHA-1:
94772b2531de62be43cea6f5d8f2726c475cc9b3

SHA-256:
4e69f2ae7491fc1c6d25b6b1cea249047df4413f844164294cf4a48f0d0dd9b4

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
12/27/2024 7:26:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SpeedingUpMyPC
7.1.1

avast!
Adware-ASF [PUP]
2014.9-160208

AVG
Trojan horse SHeur4
2017.0.2840

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC
4.0.3.1628

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18666

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.11087
9.0.1.039

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan-PWS.Win32.QQPass!IK
8.16.02.08.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.SpeedingUpMyPC.G application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SpeedingUpMyPC
2/8/2016

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-PWS.Win32.QQPass
t3scan.1.1.122.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

McAfee
Artemis!7ACB9EB512A0
5600.6496

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
16.2.8.2

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1004
7.2.39

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.InstallCore
3.12.18.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
19654

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.47011
2.0.0.2218

File size:
1.5 MB (1,553,000 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012

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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\officeinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/1/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, STREET=26 York Street, STREET=Westminster, L=London, S=London, PostalCode=W1U 6PZ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
19777BC7489D8203801D05ACE10DBEAC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zCN79IACb1puAB9d8J79XREOJ0QC0h+89O6QjTmHlesQKwHvxKbmmF5JdxaP2MQc:4BIAm1p19W5RDJFh3IUles3w0bmmF5xq

Entry address:
0x8018

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B0, 7F, 40, 00, E8, BC, C3, FF, FF, E8, 1B, FC, FF, FF, E8, 8A, B3, FF, FF, 8B, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

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