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Steam_Setup.exe

Steam

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 Steam_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. The file has been seen being downloaded from v.evdls.com.

File name:

Steam_Setup.exe

Publisher:

DownloadAsst_New (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:

Steam

Version:

3.0.0.110

MD5:

05691cd2d240ecac288f4582ab3ce4a5

SHA-1:

5adffd978532b689d90b14eddf5144c3b3da5a42

SHA-256:

05629cb3259397d4a6bc8f68d7c6ef3b15ce1cfb5334748b0a59e6514dc1fba3

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 1:01:05 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

16.8.9.13

File size:

964.8 KB (987,968 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.110

Original file name:

Steam_Setup.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\inetcache\content.ie5\ippntjde\steam_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

2/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/16/2016 3:59:59 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:

3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/17/2015 10:51:20 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:WgF4q8hthbQjARaiSf+k3Mh5VJdvgRqCUSA+7DDx6xJ6B+JqbE4gLkPxJLha3:Nhgf0jARail5BcqCU2F6r6Up4gLkPbU3

Entry address:

0x1288

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 89, 5D, FC, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, C6, 18, 03, F3, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F0, 1B, D2, 89, 75, EC, F7, D8, 89, 55, F4, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 46, 0C, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, C6, FD, FF, FF, 56, FF, 35, 28, 10, 40, 00, 8B, CF, E8, 42, FF, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C4, 18, 83, C6, 28, 83, F8, 01, 76, 18, 56, FF, 35, 2C, 10... 
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Entropy:

7.0508

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

577 KB (590,848 bytes)

The file Steam_Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://v.evdls.com/v2/click/7cb62b03/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/SteamSetup.exe&sid=Steam-US&uid=4444569&key=e70558810ffab3128e4ddcb3ce63635f31a765738335c200ac3feb5e7c32992b&affiliate_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../installer.png&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Steam_Setup

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