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openofficesuite-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 openofficesuite-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fe6c18c468d62ff4ae7035abd9a6bd49

SHA-1:
3cbbbfb8e0e8bceb34c3dc1dc3b2e4a0321b2e42

SHA-256:
c476a91b40d918855a50ef61cf83e85c0c49b010009474a9945c921b818c1b5e

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/15/2024 9:31:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.411
9.0.1.0337

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.8

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.V
14.9.20.17

Sophos
Download Admin
4.85

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1006
7.2.337

File size:
32.7 MB (34,285,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 6:59:59 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
29529B0D185F8525A92A866D4A38DA3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uxpJWNgq1dQfJC9R11+O/+jCSySQsWvKH56d6uz4mIlI2g:ap4N/z71j/+jBHWCHI6T82g

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:
0.2764

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file openofficesuite-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.openoffice.us.com/download?s=msn&c=openoffice.us.com_suite&brand=openoffice.us.com&pid=TR&bc=11001&country=us&cb=1038093471

http://files4.openoffice.fm/download?s=google&c=openoffice.fm_suite&brand=openoffice.fm&pid=TR&bc=608&country=us&cb=62668184

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