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Wizard101.exe

Wizard101

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 Wizard101.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.yaknow.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard101

Version:
3.0.0.60

MD5:
67545df883b9355cb9179a908cae9bc6

SHA-1:
43d8e4f4634ad213541cd8f00a535c0174e609be

SHA-256:
a8dd3f0165614738e43bc542e1a5b25aa8f1de4f7e77152ba98d34a3965797a9

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:
11/27/2024 10:26:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.1.19.11

File size:
783.9 KB (802,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.60

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
Wizard101.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wizard101.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 4:59:59 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:
12/10/2014 2:55:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dlr21xKpH69CnyeufYUKGD35mU80ZFlTC8uqzeseFF2wBM2Ap44l9z6kmoyUxyQe:dp2syeufYUbVhZnJGFk44DzlBywPe

Entry address:
0x4CC9F

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, 00, 4F, 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:
7.1228

The file Wizard101.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.yaknow.com/v2/click/adfbd400/?d=http://www.yaknow.com/Download/.../InstallWizard101.exe&key=ae1cc759f098faf8d839e59437c654680250a2a6fc232c039684525fde3ba6dd&sid=Wizard101&uid=&affiliate_image=http://www.yaknow.com/Download/.../Wizard1011.png&product_image=http://www.yaknow.com/Download/.../Wizard1012.png&n=Wizard101&filename=Wizard101

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