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setup.exe

gta-san-andreas-patch

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.softwaresfreee.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

gta-san-andreas-patch

Version:

3.0.0.156

MD5:

367a2cbf29e59ca25af4649c6120ae40

SHA-1:

b5991310027541cfad9ae6a40e57f5e83f852b79

SHA-256:

75178b6132d4179cf0b1ad01c1818f4ba5653c014b456a37c8684a4fd54088e0

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:

12/26/2024 6:42:26 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.6.2.4

File size:

1.1 MB (1,140,536 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.156

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\pb6f3neh\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

5/3/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

8/2/2017 12:59:59 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:

088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 2:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:ixG3CmKCvrH7tYXjU33yUNcRtrvffLGlqXSbDwzBX+lw2QUI2lKnEJakqg:HpKQbtYTUHr4tf2HPNnI/EJakJ

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:

6.9665

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.softwaresfreee.com/v2/click/bf6d29bd/?affiliate_image=http://softwaresfreee.com/presentation/assets/common/.../icon.png&d=http://toolboox.com/bin/gta-san-andreas-patch.zip&filename=gta-san-andreas-patch&key=20e7df8cc0f10957b30f44b0822e1582a31919bd14b40f72592af2648ed9d166&n=gta-san-andreas-patch&product_image=http://softwaresfreee.com/presentation/assets/common/.../installer.png&sid=8756&uid=8756&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzQ2LjAuMjQ5MC44MCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=3754935a-7d7c-11e5-a6bc-04017184a501

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