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Adobe Shockwave Setup.exe

Adobe Shockwave

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 Shockwave Setup.exe by Download Publisher 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Adobe Shockwave Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Publisher  (signed and verified)

Product:
Adobe Shockwave

Version:
3.0.0.70

MD5:
dc329c39c3f9e7f113dbfc9032a32adb

SHA-1:
bd3b9012e871f30c80df929efac8147db0df6f40

SHA-256:
989f2a6e16463173566a50106427d9b8dc97ed2abfaa13153c03d26817d433e2

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 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:
4/30/2024 1:59:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.16.9

File size:
785.8 KB (804,696 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.70

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
Adobe Shockwave Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe shockwave 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:
1/26/2015 3:20:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:q0erSLTOpcJr/7V3kHSnbwOK04ds5/RTmD:q0ekdyHSnrK04ds5/4

Entry address:
0x4CE8F

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:
7.1155

The file Adobe Shockwave Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.onedownloader.com/v2/click/gh8nzuiu/?d=http://www.onedownloader.com/softwarefiles/adobeshockwave.exe&n=Adobe Shockwave&key=68890250060d9d7b1c92ba08708997f5f3ffe9f7abbcf4679a9df0c397827ed1&affiliate_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/bingads/usa-adobeshockwave/.../adobeshockwave1.png&product_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/bingads/usa-adobeshockwave/.../adobeshockwave2.png&filename=Adobe Shockwave Setup&sid=bingusa-adobeshockwave- adobe shockwave download---

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