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SkypeSetup-22729582.exe

Skype

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 SkypeSetup-22729582.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 an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from analytics.filehostcdn.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Skype

Version:
3.0.0.60

MD5:
b89bc471772a0ef8905888cd4086a552

SHA-1:
06890d0974c0c1d1dbf065f07ee3b3a64000ce7e

SHA-256:
9dcc80d12d803ee9d4b88354fd8c4825f57ea54669c724e66e07f581eea14a08

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:
11/24/2024 5:25:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.30.0

File size:
783.7 KB (802,544 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.60

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
SkypeSetup-22729582.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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\skypesetup-22729582.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 5:55:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Wlr21xKpH69CnyeufYUKGD35mU80ZFlTC8uqzeseFF2wBM2Ap44l9z6kmoyUxyI4:Wp2syeufYUbVhZnJGFk44jzlBywn4

Entry address:
0x4CC9F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1230

The file SkypeSetup-22729582.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://analytics.filehostcdn.com/v2/click/8t0lhg4x/?d=http://file.org/dl/redir/inst/f667464aa0f0f59fff8770b8bf2f0818-SkypeSetup.exe&key=12dce11d78575fdc6d3e6ec06923c9fd4131165171aa509a14121842415b3226&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://file.org/.../empty.gif&n=Skype&filename=SkypeSetup-22729582

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