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winzip setup.exe

WinZip

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 winzip 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwarerotate2.com.

File name:

winzip setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

WinZip

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

e2c1a5996dabc0a543426bfbfa58889d

SHA-1:

3cf90e89083d3a6362b7eeb44cba9ca3ddcf5788

SHA-256:

daa500b7e407059155cb4197b8fe6664881ff7341ad7ea47841a57cac07ae46d

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 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:

12/27/2024 3:25:49 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.4.30.21

File size:

1.1 MB (1,194,832 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.154

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\winzip setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/5/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/6/2017 5:59:59 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:

3F4D313EECE411E33755867DDBC09D69

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:AxGgJkB/p1llWxEyiqqiUqtJB2KgyazX2Kg/3bg6EJak/:F9B/zi7P2Kg57w3bg6EJak/

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:

6.8965

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://software.softwarerotate2.com/v2/click/4bb2d2d8/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/winzip.exe&n=WinZip&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/winzip/.../aidesktop.ico&key=55584bdb98061ac1d78d027d5211c7f213a587014d48b6b2c81b5cf7416f5412&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/winzip/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/winzip/.../installsplash.png&filename=WinZip Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-WinZip-

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