setup.exe

Clash of Clans for PC

Download Helper

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 setup.exe by Download Helper 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.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Clash of Clans for PC

Version:
3.0.0.136

MD5:
c75fe7d6e06e600e0c968b7d0c0f4681

SHA-1:
3be7baa9e6f05fc7f648629abc207233771370f1

SHA-256:
6af82c09096f314b53f39b94c27153005aba5b5e89995d77a2be6ead5d588d99

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:15:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.25.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.136

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\rpf6fsz6\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/14/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/14/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=536 Herald St Unit 308, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S5, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4F5AF1AF5937A6C3034D8A2AE165A2D5

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

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:
6.9681

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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