Pinterest.exe

Pinterest

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 Pinterest.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pinterest

Version:
3.0.0.74

MD5:
c57133a0c972050be82ff10c24a8cecb

SHA-1:
ecc7930add1aa5df61706b1719185df3e183847b

SHA-256:
6eadc3529d72fe3d8b6fecfd3f0c7d772875d1acbcfda4d3c996cd9cb20a29ef

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
1/21/2025 7:14:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699
6441604

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.02.08

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.208.148

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3205

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699
1.0.20.195

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.16985
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14899

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.02.08.05

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Jaik.5699
16.0.0.117

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader12.dncixg
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.02.08.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software
15.2.8.5

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36694

File size:
788.2 KB (807,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.74

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
Pinterest.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pinterest.exe

Digital Signature
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:
2/2/2015 9:10:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3Bs6ZFH2p+hY3SJKZUSh8wV1EzoVI5PZm42eBi5/RTNl:3C6IvPZUSh8wV1EzoVOZm42X5/B

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

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, 40, 4F, 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:
7.1186

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