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adobe_reader_setup.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application adobe_reader_setup.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c3412b65fa634e8a8887e9552e29f8fb

SHA-1:
25f4dd014daa85998bb1cbdd97c1f5a5a37af34b

SHA-256:
64d5a4e286cb8ecda942fec260e8612370f8e69a136856059a3a16f2ca047e00

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
4/25/2024 5:25:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.274
7.11.158.30

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
140908-2

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0265

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PD
8.9856

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobe_flash_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.4.16

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12212

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.QuickDownloader
v2014.09.22.01

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.6999

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Text.Drop.delipv
0.28.2.62151

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.QuickDownloader.S
14.9.22.11

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
29560

File size:
812.5 KB (831,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/7/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/8/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00886E74060345A7D9DD833C2ADF305E49

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hEF7QZwcfTzWiTf5fXvQYttEDpY0IldrWO2:hO+fW2lxEDpSldK

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8881

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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