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windows media player setup.exe

Windows Media Player

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 media player 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwaredownloadguru.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Windows Media Player

Version:
3.0.0.134

MD5:
06b5f1f0dee1d69a48cb95239255d22d

SHA-1:
6e22beda1f5edbb810c7ec764dfa3aef26090672

SHA-256:
e4815dfab6a3bb1dbd1e3519c8bef38551513413ca6a80d1c16eadd40f4c14bc

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 10:25:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.11.2.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,190,344 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.134

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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\windows media player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/10/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/11/2017 3:59:59 PM

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:
2A59A0F5CC6710438C25A6EBF9AEA7C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QxGcSVLSyRdXw/VSyBidj+C+l2hOYIj2A9GSOvSZgYHFaliyMQ2:1Ho2KBajD+QOYHetOSna0S2

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:
6.8874

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file windows media player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwaredownloadguru.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/windowsmediaplayer.exe&n=Windows Media Player&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/windowsmediaplayer/.../aidesktop.ico&key=5b05bbd1d6f57fb31412646183d93c178c899cb49e9d293885aaf2cf8a6701b0&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/windowsmediaplayer/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/windowsmediaplayer/.../installsplash.png&filename=Windows Media Player Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-WindowsMediaPlayer-

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