Download Assistant

Publisher Information

Download Assistant is a software publisher located in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Thre are 16 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/28/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 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:
5ab0d4fbb68e66252a764f6a8e02a8ed

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
winrarupdatesetup.exe (WinRAR by Download Assistant)  (5852e955be4f8168fdac7685e06827a2)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)  (e238d963f29d28a5fdcc9f38a7c29ff9)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)  (3b415aa60956f4d32d834172560905a9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)  (08d082a951eb086623a7752f7f23db52)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Java Platform SE by Download Assistant)  (f3913b5e86699ab2647648bf8ed028a9)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
minecraft_setup.exe (Minecraft by Download Assistant)  (10a79729b06cb29c621a621abbd22f49)

1 / 68      (Adware)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Download Assistant)  (c86c684a391e8a39dd5516620df83c13)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Adobe Reader by Download Assistant)  (55e1f3652d6b44fc367935902aa7c01c)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
word_free_setup.exe (Word Free by Download Assistant)  (2fae93c522f2356a0d51c08103a86608)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)  (53a653b5e55738efdf582da0b65629e1)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
firefoxupdatesetup.exe (Firefox by Download Assistant)  (7e4e8be9fd6b6d4ac4960e2a808c378e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Download Assistant)  (36b52436b85db7fcd3069b6c387e6a2b)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (counter-strike by Download Assistant)  (deb0fe3f87ccb6be8dd5f8c0a5bfd3be)

1 / 68      (Adware)
garrys_mod_setup.exe (Garrys Mod by Download Assistant)  (40f6cc52951bd1b1009352ff87039d8e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chrome_install.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)  (5056ef24eb3aada9a92a6279f17250e6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
word_free_setup.exe (Word Free by Download Assistant)  (e01bd367ccf4705b4ab4ef9e7d5a9262)

1 / 68      (Adware)
word_free_setup.exe (Word Free by Download Assistant)  (91b32e201f81668b50b9b7fcb67f6a67)

 
Latest 30 of 11,256 files

The certificates below are also signed by Download Assistant.

088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8  (May 02, 2016 to Aug 01, 2017)

74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC  (Apr 20, 2016 to Jul 21, 2017)

3179370BECD0CB49DB3E6431A0C87799  (Apr 13, 2016 to Jul 14, 2017)

3F4D313EECE411E33755867DDBC09D69  (Apr 05, 2016 to Jul 06, 2017)

148B902A7D1B3F28E1F8304459D901C7  (Mar 22, 2016 to Jun 22, 2017)

23AA899B39C242619F149EA85DC2BF47  (Mar 11, 2016 to Jun 11, 2017)

1278A8BBE7E82E656B1FD4779E9BC2F0  (Jan 26, 2016 to Mar 27, 2017)

2A59A0F5CC6710438C25A6EBF9AEA7C4  (Dec 10, 2015 to Mar 11, 2017)

04A6D3440F1D06EE9CA4CE2B30C76606  (Dec 01, 2015 to Mar 02, 2017)

2A1D11E01BC0F867CA2D021506280DBF  (Oct 25, 2015 to Oct 25, 2016)

10 of 16 code signing certificates issued

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Download Assistant by Symantec Corporation on July 28, 2015 with the serial number '5ab0d4fbb68e66252a764f6a8e02a8ed'.