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Windows Media Player

Download Manager

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, “Windows Media Player ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.dwnload.org.
Publisher:
DownloadManagercerts   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Windows Media Player

Description:
Windows Media Player

Version:
2.0.76.0

MD5:
df39c616086cad242c5e0b8153b06c99

SHA-1:
42f5deaf299fb31736d1943c66b65b7caccdaff0

SHA-256:
e63731f3eaea0a6e5a311f25807c8052078d289c4005d204f4c4373113f91f34

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:31:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
874

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.AirAdInstaller
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Installer
2014.10.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.180.144

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3352

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
1.0.20.1280

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5436
9.0.1.0256

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
8.14.09.13.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-4f887ed2
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
11.2014-13-09_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of safari.exe (Adware)
2014.11.10.10

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2014.09.13.11

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
15.0.0.768

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SMSSend.dfcfuj
0.28.2.62841

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadManager.S
14.10.1.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14911

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.43784
2.0.0.1963

File size:
911.9 KB (933,736 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.76.0

Copyright:
(c) DownloadManagercerts

Original file name:
setup.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 Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/12/2014 1:05:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cQXz088WLzxDfgM1uylEjlISKfqrx0OGO31g7+ek:/XzkWxMQlgI/fJOq69

Entry address:
0x2A0B60

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, E3, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8753

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
844 KB (864,256 bytes)

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

http://files.dwnload.org/get/click/5619k6dm/?d=http://dwnload.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.exe&n=Windows Media Player&key=d1f51a45e7a3cef7b62f4a27baa84a36bd0a5ca1b3c6a9f915d7ab5ada78faac&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://dwnload.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.png&sid=GUS2-windowsmediaplayer&filename=WindowsMediaPlayer

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