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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from everydownload.softwaredelivery15.com.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Clash of Clans for PC

Version:
3.0.0.136

MD5:
23fbc48a50da19715b35ea17b191cdf1

SHA-1:
468dda34dd02cafc468a9819c230b6092cfad27e

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 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:
12/26/2024 4:16:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadHelper.Bundler (M)
16.1.27.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,576 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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/21/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/21/2016 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:
7403D5D9F1275B32252F3B40F9630A45

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:OxGXv7WuNi+LtHL/o0LjfESpZl8fMZJdFLcnTevvDwOV:zf77i+L9o0PfR7n4TOD1

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:
6.9687

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery15.com/v2/click/39002879/?d=https://s3.amazonaws.com/latestversion/bluestacks.exe&sid=Clash of Clans for PC-US&uid=8844007&key=8d49b0d0300924861eccde3441a349fed9aab3fdf877d5be27a82a112ac193c7&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/wimagespb/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/08211707/product.png&n=Clash of Clans for PC&filename=Clash of Clans for PC Setup&done_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/thank-you/&cancel_url=http://thankufordownloading.com/.../

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