» wps_office_2016_setup.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details
Downloads (1)

wps_office_2016_setup.exe

WPS Office-2016

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 wps_office_2016_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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.downloadme.co.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

WPS Office-2016

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

5d2e85ab6e4bd3432ecb7b19b40c301e

SHA-1:

41e7a20721c45c2ae78caab0a35bf30463a525de

SHA-256:

279575f2f9644a7a55b10d51fcd47f8cc904c87ef0b0cda9427ba7e17ed36db2

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:

11/5/2024 4:50:52 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.6.8.20

File size:

1.1 MB (1,138,336 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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\wps_office_2016_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/5/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/6/2017 4:59:59 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 6:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:BxGfHDPxARIhHAMCQHtuDtMyN3MWd73Mpe8mNxRaKfwExEJakW:67JAmhgMCQHZULMpUAcwgEJakW

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.9628

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file wps_office_2016_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.downloadme.co/v2/click/scps00x0/?affiliate_image=&d=http://kdl1.cache.wps.com/ksodl/.../windows/setup_wps_office_2016.exe&filename=WPS_Office_2016_setup&key=a5ccccfb05477a6ab2bd00152ce9fb0227429c264597cf126bdf51ceed8ca4a4&n=WPS Office-2016&product_image=http://downloadme.co/.../wps-office-logo.png&sid=free-word-alternative&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4yOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzQ5LjAuMjYyMy4xMTAgU2FmYXJpLzUzNy4zNg__&scid=54fd6c22-fd0d-11e5-bf62-0401abff8d01

Remove wps_office_2016_setup.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.