» pqgor5j9.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

pqgor5j9.exe

Firefox

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 pqgor5j9.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

pqgor5j9.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant June (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:

Firefox

Version:

3.0.0.129

MD5:

0ca4369fe9d8f7c9360d41bb033ccb3f

SHA-1:

7725a6ecdd08bd523ae989c004379a8a6a6ce6ca

SHA-256:

9323d88945dc944f6f200a112d00781f99105a426c503eb5a30d71e227b858a5

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

1/12/2025 12:58:18 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

16.1.17.20

File size:

1.8 MB (1,835,256 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.129

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\pqgor5j9.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

6/1/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/1/2016 4:59:59 PM

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:

0B7BB8D9E042EFA039E566463582DD32

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:DxGyRGXdPfTgH4QU7VOZUFG+2MFA5xAR4fI7NwnNARGDmYmeKK9+ZQ8kUwW5mJ1y:cyEnsHcwyJAlIynNAHQekdXw42Z

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

6.9496

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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