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tdownload.exe

Install Path Ltd

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application tdownload.exe by Install Path 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Install Path Ltd  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.1.72

MD5:
2252803491e6c8ff04dea68f6f8f3b48

SHA-1:
9017ad184396eda8d85d8b3bfc8aca93c2972207

SHA-256:
10b8386997d187a65b9e13e8f54d62acaa4e9941867afff85208341b11ad00fd

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:
1/11/2025 9:34:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize.InstallP.Installer (M)
16.6.2.20

File size:
338 KB (346,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.1.72

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\tdownload.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Path Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/15/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Path Ltd, O=Install Path Ltd, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
697DDB73BD82A7DD12AC3E2F4B8BC176

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/26/2014 10:33:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Chag+iJMeoS0jQ6yX7G4UDoyB60YYD2eGfeRLRUF7WIjIGgKK8YCfj0Fi:ChagtN0jQvLG4UDoC60QcRcWIngnaN

Entry address:
0x28524

Entry point:
E8, 34, A0, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 53, 56, 8B, 44, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, C8, 8B, 5C, 24, 14, 8B, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, D1, E9, D1, DB, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, C9, 75, F4, F7, F3, 8B, F0, F7, 64, 24, 18, 8B, C8, 8B, 44, 24, 14, F7, E6, 03, D1, 72, 0E, 3B, 54, 24, 10, 77, 08, 72, 07, 3B, 44, 24, 0C, 76, 01, 4E, 33, D2, 8B, C6, 5E, 5B, C2, 10, 00, 57, 8B, C6, 83, E0, 0F, 85, C0, 0F, 85, C1, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4881

Code size:
237.5 KB (243,200 bytes)

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