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WindowsMediaPlayer.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 WindowsMediaPlayer.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Windows Media Player

Version:
3.0.0.59

MD5:
943d954894bc5d9764c7e0209c86a081

SHA-1:
2aeb8169181e05f45e0e3be772c48e5da97c30e5

SHA-256:
5c1929a1fd26627aecbd2ff81c029b2bcbb43d49904c5bf7880aba62a128207e

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
11/23/2024 5:50:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.04.04

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3150

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.34
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadAssistant
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of installer_nero_deutsch.exe (Adware)
2015.7.8.4

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15480

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.04.03.03

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dmorxk
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.03.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Air Software
15.4.3.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.60903
2.0.0.2126

File size:
781.9 KB (800,704 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.59

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
WindowsMediaPlayer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windowsmediaplayer.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:
11/26/2014 4:32:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pX/3Q9p0jL5qO/v+DO240H+P2VJLST1O9H:9n//vH240dLLSe

Entry address:
0x4C95F

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, C0, 3E, 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:
7.1120

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

http://download.downloadd.org/v2/click/262e0a56/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.exe&n=Windows Media Player&key=c0cea5c3478289948f10054baee194d67d14c9b175e2fe01a525299baf687217&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.png&sid=ca-windowsmediaplayer&filename=WindowsMediaPlayer

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