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abiword-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 abiword-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2c6328e63efda4e14001085fe9616d44

SHA-1:
5e15b43a59e7eec9750222bd6ae7a389cbb6a5a3

SHA-256:
f169c8081b5c29c4978f3b51b742eea0f5474097ee99819d4972b65ac7cb95c8

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
4/19/2024 3:36:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.182.78

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.80
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.10.28.9

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
34232

File size:
788.8 KB (807,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

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:a8TdyUAZr52aDKRpU7e+m0v0p47Hqz6R4JJm276qCLlHHPxCWsW1vG7IwjwzFm7T:a2d7AVUIWA9syS1f6ZxP4coaDK

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:
7.5012

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

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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