343ca35255d6ffa4329f60c374d4502a3e5c142051df8374972411a9a1f72de2.exe.000

ACER ASPIRE E5-571 user guide

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 file 343ca35255d6ffa4329f60c374d4502a3e5c142051df8374972411a9a1f72de2.exe.000 by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from wildfire.paloaltonetworks.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
ACER ASPIRE E5-571 user guide

Version:
3.0.0.129

MD5:
5ed868df208426af15d1b4f6783d3871

SHA-1:
57148e8672d822a3ae18cb7aa67a987dfcd27566

SHA-256:
343ca35255d6ffa4329f60c374d4502a3e5c142051df8374972411a9a1f72de2

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/19/2024 6:17:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
2014.9-151104

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2936

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.587
9.0.1.0308

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.C potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12507

G Data
Win32.Adware.DownloadAssistant
15.11.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.17725

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.DownloadAsist
14.0.0.1174

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssist
v2015.11.04.05

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAsist.dxlunp
0.30.26.4437

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
15.11.4.5

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Malware-Cryptor.FSP.gen
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
44974

File size:
1.1 MB (1,134,600 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.129

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/28/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 2:59:59 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 4:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gxGzH2CrKGimUY21y5JVVWAaxqFi/vHpBjcIra20fx44k:lj2CximTMyZVWNRXAWzSe4k

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:
6.9569

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file 343ca35255d6ffa4329f60c374d4502a3e5c142051df8374972411a9a1f72de2.exe.000 has been seen being distributed by the following URL.