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virtual_wifi_router_3.0.1.0_setup.exe

Virtual Wi-Fi Router v3.0

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 virtual_wifi_router_3.0.1.0_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 download.afterdawn.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Virtual Wi-Fi Router v3.0

Version:
3.0.0.154

MD5:
a6cd01ec8572dc1196600661f2aae544

SHA-1:
d024544fdfb128e9cd664a3c54a60d87c178ba2f

SHA-256:
a23cfa0b4980e449a79a129a8d93bf5a0a594bd6ffae7bb6c7d0b352c611b17c

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:
11/27/2024 2:35:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.23.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,142,360 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.154

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\virtual_wifi_router_3.0.1.0_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/21/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 5:29:59 AM

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:
74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 7:51:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IxGzf6+mdE2vFdTfhGaaB5nlIJPxMtT0j9nzWcDEJakeJ:tr6X1jZEVIJPxAGljEJakM

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9687

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file virtual_wifi_router_3.0.1.0_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.afterdawn.com/v2/click/461ijmxm/?d=http://www.afterdawn.com/software/.../download.cfm?&version_id=66680&installer_download=1&air_installer=1&key=c270084ca88c1d9dfe2a35fb9909519ac4ce51ce010583aaf3d97050f7fc52eb&n=Virtual Wi-Fi Router v3.0&filename=Virtual_WiFi_Router_3.0.1.0_Setup

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