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openofficewriter-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 openofficewriter-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
96061a8e88740ddb1b85b86511a1c59a

SHA-1:
e66d83b709b23226ecfb8636a43ddf0c9f753742

SHA-256:
799125f47adbfa3904c1a60f7722e1ec821b58421f60d5c2e69ed2d1da0326ab

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:03:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Siggen.18261
9.0.1.0183

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen
9.6567

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.7.2.3

File size:
829.9 KB (849,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\openofficewriter-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 4:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 2:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3dSNu2lc2/5kP2J4+sJ4sEL1jjs+THx3IIxa2jP:3shx5k84+yDEL1jjtTH54mP

Entry address:
0x3F6BD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 7F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, C0, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.5360

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadster.org/download?s=Google&c=downloadster_OOWriter&brand=downloadster.org&pid=BULLETMEDIA&aid=08&bc=135&country=us&cb=1936700827

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