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Adobe Flash Player

Download Manager

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.exe, “Adobe Flash Player ” by Download Manager 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 files.downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Description:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
2.0.4.77

MD5:
e29a303c12daed2fb52f030b89e49559

SHA-1:
6e67f0655f3640e064720098de292ffcec98ccb1

SHA-256:
f0bd2ef4261cb790cd840bedc9f20f52de43f2891300223bf7a4d5d740ac8b93

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 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 6:42:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.21.7

File size:
841.4 KB (861,624 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.77

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

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.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/8/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Manager, L=Vancouver, 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:
428E8B7C1AC548D083F4D3A0C5FDAF4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2014 4:29:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hFx39Z+ejspcea02WS+GrnlW6xps9grI9LhAYoGY5SWLtYKQ+vPToaRbsp7Rl:h9wVceGlNxzplKLyY9WpjQ+n7Rbspll

Entry address:
0x2670F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 5A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, E5, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.8865

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
784 KB (802,816 bytes)

The file adobe flash player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/ntm8p09r/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../flashplayer.exe&n=Adobe Flash Player&key=3261506e26eb3b419231136da6656626d79350229e9e33c7b0d314a56451ce0c&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../flashplayer.png&sid=flashplayer&filename=Adobe Flash Player

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