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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from official.securedownload44.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Mozilla Firefox

Version:
3.0.0.152

MD5:
1b11045b2045f8cb7d7b330ba8a1df23

SHA-1:
d8bc380ae4e81deef6389a44d6e94c9522ab5df7

SHA-256:
dfe78c07d94f3cb1e8a6605e1db0ff5ec3338479a933db13fb17707ef01dd8c7

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:
11/27/2024 12:36:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.4.12.21

File size:
1.1 MB (1,142,224 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.152

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\dz3x6qow\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/25/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2017 7:59:59 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:
1278A8BBE7E82E656B1FD4779E9BC2F0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qxGPSzvGG2pWCQ5T73l6tv1aqx4CWqpULgjomTc/pRBVoqO:P4Rz5HV4v1amRQgtSpFoqO

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://official.securedownload44.com/v2/click/9fa21c67/?d=http://securedownloadables.com/.../Firefox.exe&n=Mozilla Firefox&key=c41235f9a82a382fb7f234fa7ef64a37a87ec67472124d4a1c9157cc1e0bf298&affiliate_image=http://securedownloadables.com/.../firefox_logo_noWords.png&product_image=http://securedownloadables.com/.../firefoxLogoWords.png&filename=Firefox_Setup&sid=FF,mozilla firefox 2016 free download,ffie

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