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setup.exe

Flash Player

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 setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.chdownload.eu.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.156

MD5:
6e895f8ffcefb8370149945f1f8f115f

SHA-1:
4f13c9c578f418882d8db5a520f08a362c191bf2

SHA-256:
58bd167a9cd5e4160b4c628ff1f4e47328f4bb5aeac15f1391291e469fbbc1b1

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:
11/24/2024 9:47:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.20

File size:
1.2 MB (1,221,584 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.156

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\zxvlyg1m\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/2/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/1/2017 6:59:59 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:
088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2xGBTsrNqy/JlXa/Kt2Zc4fcmvaSdR1JydbouMhvC2ApPDVcfP0IwJEJako:blObXa/Y2ZtU+FJccIRpuH7cEJako

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:
6.8278

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://download.chdownload.eu/v2/click/31xaaho8/?affiliate_image=&d=http://www.easydl.net/uploads/downloads/install_flash_player_20_plugin.exe&filename=Flash Player&icon=http://www.easydl.net/favicon.ico&key=8d8f5e4a9b030fc7b185237ac56f414b1faaf45c25edce6a92a04ea330f69e6d&n=Flash Player&product_image=http://www.downloadflash.net/.../image-installer.png&sid=easydl-flash-player&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV09XNjQpIEFwcGxlV2ViS2l0LzUzNy4zNiAoS0hUTUwsIGxpa2UgR2Vja28pIENocm9tZS81MS4wLjI2ODMuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=205b9f0e-1bc9-11e6-9a64-0401bb479d01

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