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whatsapp-for-pc-free.exe

whatsapp-for-pc-free

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 whatsapp-for-pc-free.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.download-405.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

whatsapp-for-pc-free

Version:

3.0.0.130

MD5:

f292ccd6ec1bfeca66b427ee3c6c5171

SHA-1:

dfe300a9a483281f8cd7a6aad754a5f7506b768e

SHA-256:

7df6654fd4314d06ccf6b40d4fd7095c399a4514b147db7cab6a3e9ada116970

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/5/2024 12:49:13 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

16.2.2.23

File size:

1.1 MB (1,136,912 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.130

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\whatsapp-for-pc-free.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

7/28/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:

7/28/2016 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:

5AB0D4FBB68E66252A764F6A8E02A8ED

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:TxG3YkAfMCp3UeQQEhXfXxu44b623l0HfxsX:MX83UeQ/XfXxu4pRfxsX

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:

6.9594

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file whatsapp-for-pc-free.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.download-405.com/v2/click/o0rkkjbx/?affiliate_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../icon.png&d=http://toolboox.com/bin/whatsapp-for-pc-free.zip&filename=whatsapp-for-pc-free&key=111d434654d529427595c2b955f592e3407470f66cad19e49c370f83028c83cf&n=whatsapp-for-pc-free&product_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../installer.png&sid=8681&uid=8681&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4yKSBBcHBsZVdlYktpdC81MzcuMzYgKEtIVE1MLCBsaWtlIEdlY2tvKSBDaHJvbWUvNDYuMC4yNDkwLjg2IFNhZmFyaS81MzcuMzY_&scid=79d83110-8c4e-11e5-aadd-0401718cbf01

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