» ytd-video-downloader.exe
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ytd-video-downloader.exe

ytd-video-downloader

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 ytd-video-downloader.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 download.justdownloads.net.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

ytd-video-downloader

Version:

3.0.0.132

MD5:

199d7eb142447057efc53bb58bcb98ce

SHA-1:

1bfd64ba97e4ba7b37554cd9fcebbdd4395245bd

SHA-256:

a2528d68d1d5e00e91a034d0fd3934334a372deae9d03d12291cd09d5f65d07b

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

12/26/2024 3:26:25 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

16.2.27.4

File size:

1.1 MB (1,138,672 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.132

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\ytd-video-downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

7/28/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/28/2016 6:59:59 AM

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:

5AB0D4FBB68E66252A764F6A8E02A8ED

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 9:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:RxGXpJY7WjPUiKNNYrnrV7kk1Mh/4dkIbUW9p/QrB:qY7PiKNNYr53BUgpIrB

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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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file ytd-video-downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.justdownloads.net/v2/click/ank1n55w/?d=http://toolboox.com/bin/ytd-video-downloader.exe&key=6165e5c789996552c76624de2aea77af0138530ae8fe24b3cd56b08a8c300267&sid=8732&uid=8732&affiliate_image=http://justdownloads.net/presentation/assets/common/.../icon.png&product_image=http://justdownloads.net/presentation/assets/common/.../installer.png&n=ytd-video-downloader&filename=ytd-video-downloader

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