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PDFCreatorSetup-18404137.exe

PDFCreator

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 PDFCreatorSetup-18404137.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from analytics.filehostcdn.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
PDFCreator

Version:
3.0.0.59

MD5:
7ea20c62c79858b51ecb187871ba909a

SHA-1:
17fd846b2d75528888069bbebe9ef52a4c7b892b

SHA-256:
e4a432bf46ba541be4c2ca9841971bc7400595c63ac7c66e5d209316eb08c4f7

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
12/26/2024 1:21:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.02.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.212.170

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3186

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.5
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadAssistant
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1915108

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.02.27.09

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dmorxk
0.30.0.296

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.27.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.2.27.9

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
37588

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.60903
2.0.0.2083

File size:
781.9 KB (800,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.59

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
PDFCreatorSetup-18404137.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfcreatorsetup-18404137.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 1:32:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lX/3Q9p0jL5qO/v+DO240HxP2VJLST1Ot:5n//vH240ILLS

Entry address:
0x4C95F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, C0, 3E, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1120

The file PDFCreatorSetup-18404137.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://analytics.filehostcdn.com/v2/click/8t0lhg4x/?d=http://file.org/dl/redir/inst/da195eb29474c79eee34ac5f9c791d17-PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe&key=0f37a2bff526fcd9294accc2d3ecbfbc2708d9a6aa083336da71457e9ce808e7&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://file.org/.../empty.gif&n=PDFCreator&filename=PDFCreatorSetup-18404137

http://file.org/.../dl-ai.php?fid=18404137&p=vffsb&a=upd&v=20130408

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