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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 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.installs.co.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Windows Live Movie Maker

Version:
3.0.0.61

MD5:
956f9f317b9337c205c6f8421e6f4e39

SHA-1:
829a5f72c4728ff31b7f50146c96b707ab329423

SHA-256:
5d77e86c710904626866abd1f335161c9ed8a50d735417fcb10d8cefd5a81cfd

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:
12/25/2024 1:19:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.3.9

File size:
784 KB (802,768 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.61

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:
12/22/2014 12:20:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KNlLp1zdnY029Ve01uh1eWT8/0Ngani6aAKQZl3Mu65aSf8Pp439oJpYEUpObRDV:OdcVe01ubfe0Mz8r656439oJpXDlT

Entry address:
0x4CC8F

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, 00, 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:
7.1121

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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