7zip-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application 7zip-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7e2d1412a5e3fcc00c5d7f3726b0205c

SHA-1:
3c7a143aee3242463169eff13f443198f12ba078

SHA-256:
fe56217a4f815b45ca0bd406db536f2ceecad7c37256141934533238d16db401

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 6:21:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/DownloadAdmin.B.6
7.11.83.246

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.80
9.0.1.0292

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen
8.8432

McAfee
Artemis!7E2D1412A5E3
5600.6972

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen
15.0.0.876

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.K
14.10.19.17

Sophos
Download Admin
4.89

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
18590

File size:
792.4 KB (811,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\7zip-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
29529B0D185F8525A92A866D4A38DA3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:m/TdyVaJkI/aLkkNWMUe4jmfdSP+Wvxx5mTlF9TzAl6vq2:mLduCpAkqNUTaSP+w6Cl6q2

Entry address:
0x3FBBD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 7F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, C0, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.5043

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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