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puredeftb.cspgwbas03.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 puredeftb.cspgwbas03.exe by Download Admin 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e91d870dc16a9a65b6bfe2c799c5e497

SHA-1:
456e08055ddfe35c7ffb98dc40c2d05caf75aa47

SHA-256:
c498fc8c53f6768801a05781521e1eef0c9ae25a7791e31265c8255e6cb66132

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:
1/13/2025 11:41:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.12.22.12

File size:
2.9 MB (3,026,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\puredeftb.cspgwbas03.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2009 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2010 7:59:59 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:
0B3C4C63AB2E7D3D56CCC830179F66F0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2008 3:28:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:PgT9kRH9Jo60mUwmQ6vWLXQIiHQcFlRFdwDJXsMGwejdmMKdIly09FZKb:PXd0LwmLEQIQQNmMGwejdm5A9q

Entry address:
0x30E3

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 58, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, 23, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 90, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, DA, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, C8, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9986

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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