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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.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.repodepo5.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
whatsapp-for-pc-free

Version:
3.0.0.133

MD5:
b428375e90ec3ad8c132eb644e568452

SHA-1:
2dceec880f6bbb4e9431a8444c5152ca1f6b80d7

SHA-256:
bddf6cc85ab5e1d42d2e5eeec940247d9defec7a2c98288f6885f80e8888acd5

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 7:34:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.27.15

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,072 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.133

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\whatsapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/26/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/26/2016 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:
2A1D11E01BC0F867CA2D021506280DBF

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:zxGnZ1ptgK7n/WPxV/XcyBT9ycRWBQZWnhVJHLp5Ua1fQCBf/:sZOi/Wj5V3IjJFWYQYf/

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:
6.9628

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file whatsapp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.repodepo5.com/v2/click/ank1n55w/?d=http://toolboox.com/bin/whatsapp-for-pc-free.exe&key=7b868ed769b0eba8b71eb589513cfcd31ff3e8e854fed866ef8c2cae87f5da53&sid=&uid=&affiliate_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../icon.png&product_image=http://download-405.com/presentation/assets/Static205/.../installer.png&n=whatsapp-for-pc-free&filename=WhatsApp

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