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stranded deep setup.exe

Pac

Download Helper

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 stranded deep setup.exe, “Pac Setup ” by Download Helper 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.
Publisher:
Pebegahudo   (signed by Download Helper)

Product:
Pac

Description:
Pac Setup

Version:
5.3.3.0

MD5:
0fcd551b41c8dd6f8e56dbf55490b900

SHA-1:
b3710393ee2fca306bf341cecaccb50935229e08

SHA-256:
363dbbe14c863d556a6ee06848622b2aa9f509fe8ca9f04fd95f42714c479fa4

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:
1/12/2025 10:21:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.16.6

File size:
1.2 MB (1,217,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.7

Copyright:
File

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\stranded deep setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/18/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, OU=IT, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6B209A9997D0FC2C4CF9896912DC9418

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, A3, AA, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9843

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file stranded deep setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.quickbitsdownloads.com/9h_7C8rlv3QbXRr1tR1yAXn4fklqrLK4G1QGBQ1vGsB_1aICbfgiY1nTlhHiVD2Zem7aH_TSy7Qumn8YlTMf110JWHUQ9yhX2uA1yq3Y8pvEzKjcNbvfWuPxbD0YSOflpEnZtLOYTCB5l1fXf3b klGDCnSSY6gwNW_5e7X92H6mfkob0kV3nSxdXAbcIVIPWQzPTOE66YUsrEODJSwB9YUJARRXgg==-G0AAAMQuFxOvSUHIH5zC2W5zjAOn6en8fMCJhh2wc8NgwhpnsljcPPdazt4FVS 6VJgj_G3w3FZ Ag==

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