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adobe flash player setup.exe

Adobe Flash Player

Download Publisher

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 adobe flash player setup.exe, “Adobe Flash Player ” by Download Publisher has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download Publisher   (signed by Download Publisher)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Description:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.45

MD5:
5c7e432e4d664991801d225d4fbcd362

SHA-1:
83e4605f1e6e72992cef90a4cf6019495d6ba966

SHA-256:
923619a5918abecc3b66ca7afbbeb650a7fc3c98ecce54e8000c992be5204eca

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/27/2024 1:14:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.FX
803

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141123

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3281

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.FX
1.0.20.1635

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.3
9.0.1.0327

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant (variant)
8.10580

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.FX
11.2014-23-11_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.FX
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2014.11.23.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadPublisher.BB
14.11.8.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
33706

File size:
832.4 KB (852,328 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.45

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe flash player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Publisher

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Publisher, O=Download Publisher, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5ECC09F6F591E0329759887CAC9A3B81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2014 11:33:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JtA7DFh7016hI38k4ew1LBSj4wBm/1JUqQG:L0ZI3g7LB64w0JH

Entry address:
0x4C6AF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, E0, 3D, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.0644

Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to uswest.gtdlrfwd.com  (107.170.232.134:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-71-21.sea50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.71.21:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-69-102.sea50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.69.102:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-68-50.sea50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.68.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-68-18.sea50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.68.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to atlanta-4.cdn77.com  (46.234.113.54:80)

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