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Windows Live Movie Maker.exe

Windows Live Movie Maker

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 Windows Live Movie Maker.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Windows Live Movie Maker

Version:
3.0.0.73

MD5:
437d6afcd29deb7662dee06a443c6c88

SHA-1:
2270b9df62113725e83975432d2a414deb63e827

SHA-256:
f21c6223beabd9cb50715cefbd428de07876befc99af7d40bf947cc7ca7483a9

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
12/25/2024 1:40:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
521

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.204.2

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKE [PUP]
2014.9-150902

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2999

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.171462
1.0.20.1225

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.34
9.0.1.0245

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
8.15.09.02.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-02-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.171462
15.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14711

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.09.02.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.171462
16.0.0.735

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dljetu
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
11.20150902

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.09.02.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
15.9.2.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Graftor!6.1D1F
23.00.65.15831

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.58326
2.0.0.2196

File size:
788.5 KB (807,400 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.73

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
Windows Live Movie Maker.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows live movie maker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 2:30:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NbFdxlYmY5Kq2w7R0zUSh8wV1EzwlA5rGnK4S8ecio5/RT2ZH:NZdabezUSh8wV1EzwlUGnK4SG5/y

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 40, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 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, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1195

The file Windows Live Movie Maker.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.installs.co/v2/click/9ks3c7y4/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../moviemaker.exe&n=Windows Live Movie Maker&key=4cfa3556034e55d726538ac43651819c4c320bd9e0e825cef3f03ab8a9673076&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../moviemaker.png&sid=Windows Live Movie Maker&filename=Windows Live Movie Maker

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