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Chrome Install

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. The file has been seen being downloaded from securedownload.officialdownloadables.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Chrome Install

Version:
3.0.0.109

MD5:
9a25e68f1f7219c40e99de8e7e2afe7f

SHA-1:
7b76d7558365b3eae89ecd94abc5f66a63f3b5fd

SHA-256:
f28017f41537a5214859676ff9cee3e7267345dc033bfc89356f1b27df4e2363

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:
12/27/2024 9:18:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.4.28.8

File size:
964.8 KB (987,928 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.109

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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 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:
68A4319BC2FC7C8CEA600E8D68FFA326

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2015 11:29:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2AjATDM5ivGa1jj0+s/5V4VTdLVgJ7VXaLz7u1VKc:2AUTo5EF2+s/56VTdapVqL3OVKc

Entry address:
0x1288

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.0469

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
577 KB (590,848 bytes)

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

http://securedownload.officialdownloadables.com/v2/click/9fa21c67/?d=http://officialdownloadables.com/.../ChromeSetup.exe&n=Chrome Install&key=73c1fcea4b0cf664f3cda95466494f24d9081d8a131e9871e7228d39c4c8476d&affiliate_image=http://officialdownloadables.com/.../chromeLogoNoWords.png&product_image=http://officialdownloadables.com/.../chromeLogoWithWords.png&sid=c,gcd2014,2,2,google chrome download 2014 for windows 8

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