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setup.exe

whatsapp-for-pc-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 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.repodepo6.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

whatsapp-for-pc-free

Version:

3.0.0.134

MD5:

67c0e834e8db32fec4641e56582c0ad9

SHA-1:

a2c07593602277aaca6fd348f58caf4de162c981

SHA-256:

0c0f7b530d19992169db1a5c300cd40641d395eeec68b3e2519b890adc2961e5

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 6:18:34 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.4.18.11

File size:

1.1 MB (1,132,048 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.134

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\y0fmht6s\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

12/2/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:

3/3/2017 5:29:59 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:

04A6D3440F1D06EE9CA4CE2B30C76606

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 7:51:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:3xG32nuwwlpoKqrxR41Q95A1kDz4FtS+jJlLLtpUK2C2gXwzQb:AaqcK4xq1Qf9CSQJznbXXb

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:

6.9581

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.repodepo6.com/v2/click/o0rkkjbx/?affiliate_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../icon.png&d=http://toolboox.com/bin/whatsapp-for-pc-free.exe&filename=WhatsApp-For-PC&key=7b868ed769b0eba8b71eb589513cfcd31ff3e8e854fed866ef8c2cae87f5da53&n=whatsapp-for-pc-free&product_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../installer.png&sid=bingINWhatsappwhatsapp&uid=8681&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4yOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzQ3LjAuMjUyNi4xMDYgU2FmYXJpLzUzNy4zNg__&scid=ea5fc358-a4c7-11e5-bfe8-0401718cbf01

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