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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 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Description:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
2.0.4.71

MD5:
b695a42f2127eaabef4deff66a1239c3

SHA-1:
f530e1c554dd3990164f6a0da102da5d22f56a6d

SHA-256:
6e5baaf90fa4f7b9c0a61d7445f601bb5dab3b1765bec478434f70337bc1749c

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:26:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.145.26

AVG
InstallCore
2015.0.3495

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18160

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4733
9.0.1.0114

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)
8.9715

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11873

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2014.04.24.09

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbxnb
0.28.0.59492

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadManager.S
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14422

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
28564

File size:
840.4 KB (860,600 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.71

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:
1/9/2014 7:31:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:o3TF63gCL3+KmTw0JtYKDhHfEY/amBmTcGMcrpB:oDsall9fEY/amwTBMcr

Entry address:
0x266D40

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:
7.8867

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
780 KB (798,720 bytes)

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