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QuickTime

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 quicktime.exe, “QuickTime ” 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 download.installs.co.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
QuickTime

Description:
QuickTime

Version:
3.0.0.50

MD5:
c74d519edbdb882542f3a99bbce5db0a

SHA-1:
77b542f6c7497a674d95f1e75721f397d057d5ec

SHA-256:
263d3150f7b4c00f26bfcd8dfd399e7bb0bc5c153326a4ffc45d3ec32193c560

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:50:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.203.156

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3223

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
1.0.20.100

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14703

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.01.20.06

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
16.0.0.60

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.20.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.1.20.17

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36666

File size:
832.8 KB (852,832 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.50

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\quicktime.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:
11/13/2014 2:37:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:k/rul5hXVmgSsJWO7GICErUBn3/U3BJALLCLuMJXBrQc94ioYYQiI1XPOHmcGDt2:AroHJWOqpTnk4W5Xz4pKTPOHVGDtfe

Entry address:
0x4C6FF

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, 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:
7.0733

Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

The file quicktime.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.installs.co/v2/click/9ks3c7y4/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../quicktime.exe&n=QuickTime&key=17407f95cf6766851c77d482054da05eba366fe7ab60be93bd194251fc0b5f98&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../quicktime.png&sid=QuickTime&filename=QuickTime

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