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Analysis
File Details

setup.exe

Mozilla Firefox

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.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Mozilla Firefox

Version:

3.0.0.133

MD5:

21d81109957b49f8fd233e7bd30a8674

SHA-1:

724015310ed21bc3c86b4e47a3de73e5304c84b2

SHA-256:

14a712db1acb945fc8f6a0d7bb6b850fa9eb888a5ce6f3e02673e7ab6ed57e3b

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:

12/28/2024 10:03:34 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

17.3.10.4

File size:

1.1 MB (1,133,944 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.133

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\jscm0hun\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

12/11/2015 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:

3/12/2017 3:29:59 AM

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:

2A59A0F5CC6710438C25A6EBF9AEA7C4

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 5:51:56 PM

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:

6.9557

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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