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api_downloader.exe

iPumper

Escolade Solutions LTD.

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application api_downloader.exe by Escolade Solutions has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program iPumper Installer by Escolade Solutions LTD which is a potentially unwanted software program. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

api_downloader.exe

Publisher:

Escolade Solutions LTD. (signed and verified)

Product:

iPumper

Version:

1,0,1,927

MD5:

a2e01a3841f85d4ff9bc5b00743e01a5

SHA-1:

90ce0c8715eb8b7f7c0f7929fa2aad13da82aa51

SHA-256:

df0357fe79597e0437a4518a230dcc4eaa9622e12b4b432f7e4ed7df52e80404

Scanner detections:

30 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 3:32:14 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Downloader.TT

376

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Bundle

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.101Alemi

2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.145.12

avast!

Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

2014.9-160125

AVG

Adware AdInstaller.U

2017.0.2854

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.iPumper

4.0.3.16125

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.167561

1.0.20.125

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

18157

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.11155, Adware.Downware.1434

9.0.1.025

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Downloader.TT

8.16.01.25.11

ESET NOD32

Win32/BundleInstaller.C potentially unwanted application

10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AdInstall.E.gen

v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Riskware.Application.Downloader.TT

11.2016-25-01_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.167561

16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Win32.BundleInstaller

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.188.14395

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize

14.0.0.763

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.167561

17.0.0.75

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Downware.cucmpj

0.28.6.64267

Norman

Application.Downloader.TT

11.20160125

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.Amonetize.3613128

15.05.19.01

Panda Antivirus

PUP/iPumper

16.01.25.11

Quick Heal

PUA.Escoladeso.Gen

1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Brightcircle.EscoladeSolutions (M)

16.1.25.11

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.FilePile!1.9E19

23.00.65.16123

Sophos

PUA 'iPumper Bundle' (of type Adware)

5.14

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.Amonetize

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

iPumper

28554

File size:

6.5 MB (6,769,096 bytes)

Product version:

1,0,1,927

Original file name:

iPumper.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\api_downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Escolade Solutions LTD.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

9/24/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/25/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Escolade Solutions LTD., O=Escolade Solutions LTD., STREET=Akademica Vernadskogo blvd. 36-507, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03451, C=UA

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

0FB283CB6EEA8D0204BFA51C4BCE925C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/10/2013 5:22:09 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:yzBogp2szj4pRTH6y9LoR3U8cQzkS7/Fyz:yzBPxP4PHPFaE8cQ7/6

Entry address:

0x2B732

Entry point:

E8, DF, 67, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 57, 8B, C6, 83, E0, 0F, 85, C0, 0F, 85, C1, 00, 00, 00, 8B, D1, 83, E1, 7F, C1, EA, 07, 74, 65, EB, 06, 8D, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 66, 0F, 6F, 06, 66, 0F, 6F, 4E, 10, 66, 0F, 6F, 56, 20, 66, 0F, 6F, 5E, 30, 66, 0F, 7F, 07, 66, 0F, 7F, 4F, 10, 66, 0F, 7F, 57, 20, 66, 0F, 7F, 5F, 30, 66, 0F, 6F, 66, 40, 66, 0F, 6F, 6E, 50, 66, 0F, 6F, 76, 60, 66, 0F, 6F, 7E, 70, 66, 0F, 7F, 67, 40, 66, 0F, 7F, 6F, 50, 66, 0F, 7F, 77, 60, 66, 0F, 7F, 7F, 70, 8D, B6, 80, 00, 00, 00, 8D, BF... 
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Entropy:

3.0690

Code size:

232 KB (237,568 bytes)

The file api_downloader.exe has been discovered within the following program.

iPumper Installer by Escolade Solutions LTD

iPumper is a download manager and just a re-branded/distributed version of "Fast File Downloader" by www.anyfiledownloader.com. Which is distributed by FreeMediaPack that bundles potentially unwanted programs includeing toolbars.

products-placement.com/ipumper

81% remove it

The file api_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.anyfiledownloader.com/.../api_Downloader_9100001.exe

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