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Adobe Flash.exe

Adobe Flash Player

IDC Ventures LLC

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.exe by IDC Ventures 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.
Publisher:
Download-Assist  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.67

MD5:
323d7c2afa240451f26383cf6e4846e9

SHA-1:
f3c03d889bc1e863b992006591e44dc8cf084c86

SHA-256:
ad8e1af429bac8be9a932ed3d46bfef1c684cb892eec6d8c8963185ac5129d74

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 '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:
5/7/2024 8:15:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.2.25.23

File size:
785.9 KB (804,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.67

Copyright:
(c) Download-Assist

Original file name:
Adobe Flash.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IDC Ventures LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/25/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 1:20:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4CD6F

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, 20, 4F, 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:
7.1128

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