home

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, “Windows Media Player ” 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.dwnload.org.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Windows Media Player

Description:
Windows Media Player

Version:
3.0.0.50

MD5:
36fcf3bd0114fe5da8c38e198e4871c3

SHA-1:
8a4e2ee5b2333ba4ea29358cbb285bc24ad92d34

SHA-256:
9d26b32829571be44830290d80c8e733951cdf5fb3d5eaa2a1ca1b0d928a2ef9

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 2:24:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.29.9

File size:
832.9 KB (852,840 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.50

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

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 Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 6:59:59 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:
11/13/2014 4:37:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:X/rul5hXVmgSsJWO7GICErUBn3/U3BJALLCLuMJXBrQc94io2YQiI1XPOHmcGDt4:vroHJWOqpTnk4W5Xz4pgTPOHVGDtfQ

Entry address:
0x4C6FF

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, 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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.0735

Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

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

http://download.dwnload.org/v2/click/ftucuo66/?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

Remove windowsmediaplayer.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.