OpenOfficeWriterSetup-10585466.exe

OpenOffice Writer

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 OpenOfficeWriterSetup-10585466.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. 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 Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
OpenOffice Writer

Version:
3.0.0.91

MD5:
8ff8880c5ba0fc910b27c2842e653e7c

SHA-1:
df1d03a216d866db96916c9799081fae1cb9ae06

SHA-256:
9cce3425b29aeb3f6535cf8de68da577f9e6125d70af0d056a18ae631565fdb4

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 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:
1/13/2025 7:28:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.23.14

File size:
957.7 KB (980,656 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.91

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
OpenOfficeWriterSetup-10585466.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openofficewritersetup-10585466.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 2:59:59 AM

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:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2015 2:03:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uPByjKtcwkob1InODWBVnlP5qP4ajiTQV0/gg0gpnjA:7twkobGhVn1MQFTQUggtnjA

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.0439

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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