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Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application updateadmin.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named UpdateAdmin triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateAdmin by Download Admin which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.2011

MD5:
2001f50875149e2b498bc56223260f07

SHA-1:
fe79841687ba8a4ab4d0025c6069eeba3f8e926e

SHA-256:
9130ac818f056ad52d47d83c7b1c86c4d1cd907f922bebd7f060507a174cc349

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/24/2024 4:16:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:DownloadAdmin-K [PUP]
2014.9-150919

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2981

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.K potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12253

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownLoadAdmin
v2015.09.19.09

Quick Heal
PUA.Downloadad.Gen
9.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.9.19.21

Sophos
Download Admin (PUA)
4.98

File size:
232.3 KB (237,840 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.2011

Copyright:
© 2015 All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/14/2015 10:05:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:dyHVb8VRfCNtPKcuLAznMlBR5m2FETEVqeAmdgxiX9fqf6KkiNUh:dwyVtCN5KzgnMlBhVqezn9fA6KvNUh

Entry address:
0x11D40

Entry point:
E8, AF, 71, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 60, B3, 42, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F0, 91, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E4, 72, 00, 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...
 
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Code size:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
UpdateAdmin

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 20:49)


The file updateadmin.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

UpdateAdmin  by Download Admin
Download Admin, part of Tightrope Interactive, is a software installer that will bundle additional software, mostly potentially unwanted software such as web toolbars and PC optimizer utilities.
www.downloadadmin.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-69-76-198.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.69.76.198:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-45-84-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.45.84.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-34-199-132-228.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (34.199.132.228:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-210-36-181.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.210.36.181:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-123-180-184.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.123.180.184:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 115.112.0.15.STATIC-Mumbai.vsnl.net.in  (115.112.0.15:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-150-254.sin2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.150.254:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to h88-150-240-195.host.redstation.co.uk  (88.150.240.195:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to cache.google.com  (59.18.49.45:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a95-101-82-33.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.101.82.33:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-123-64-195.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.123.64.195:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-76-153-67.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.76.153.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-75-23-161.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.75.23.161:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-37-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.37.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a103-225-178-139.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (103.225.178.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 8a.3f.1632.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (50.22.63.138:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 209-88-193-135.barak.net.il  (209.88.193.135:80)

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