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uTorrent Setup.exe

uTorrent

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 uTorrent Setup.exe 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:
DownloadHelperComondo  (signed by Download Helper)

Product:
uTorrent

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
f510e5f9c6d530cca0937db2c0e5db0a

SHA-1:
72052d738a4f99cc1da0319527211033c48657dc

SHA-256:
0fa43a584a6af94e2ed138710048541035ae93a5e193327993b166dbe0d7bbf8

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:
11/27/2024 8:49:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.1.6.9

File size:
845.1 KB (865,360 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) DownloadHelperComondo

Original file name:
uTorrent Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/2/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=308-536 Herald St, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S6, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00949A93C26C8C58A2B94E6A2870C8C9F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2015 5:06:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0603

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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