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setup.exe

AVG Antivirus Free

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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVG Antivirus Free

Version:
3.0.0.67

MD5:
2ded94f0470834907053975cb58d8373

SHA-1:
694eb68c2c2e3582ba3b0db9d758cc68510e05cb

SHA-256:
741fa98729cc256f692cc743f40b23f5bb73abdf1c8f376438818620c2ea1ccf

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 2:11:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.171462
6387530

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.01.19

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.202.78

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150214

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3199

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.FX
1.0.20.225

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.11420
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.171462
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadAssistant
15.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.02.14.08

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
16.0.0.135

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAssistant.dmjgez
0.30.0.64448

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.14.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.2.14.8

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
34232

File size:
786 KB (804,880 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.67

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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 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:
1/22/2015 2:20:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZyiNvfiYozuhDpls7YClTt9s40d5/RTH:ZymZhs7Y4t9s40d5/

Entry address:
0x4CD6F

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, 20, 4F, 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:
7.1137

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

http://download.officialsoftware.net/v2/click/9fa21c67/?d=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_Free.exe&n=AVG Antivirus Free&key=31f65ed8fc23e7f3b6bc5cc533720723b0336fcbd1557146bef7cba7d7eccc54&affiliate_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo_noWords.png&product_image=http://officialsoftware.net/.../AVG_logo.png&sid=.newavg

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