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BitTorrent

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 bittorrent.exe, “BitTorrent ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
BitTorrent

Description:
BitTorrent

Version:
2.0.4.65

MD5:
4fc2313ace3980769550faa30da01611

SHA-1:
e68f8e9394a55a021620f978078dd337a25b5aa6

SHA-256:
60e0ba9160818ed87d65b556763d19cca2f7a0f448dab5f4b271664edfb0df7a

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/24/2024 1:13:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150909

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4684
9.0.1.0252

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobe flash player.exe (Adware)
2015.9.9.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12598

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.1454

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2015.09.09.06

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbxxj
0.28.0.60577

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.8.4.0

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
29708

File size:
817.4 KB (837,040 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.65

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\bittorrent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/8/2014 4:59:59 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:
11/22/2013 9:55:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DHkJYTAik1IG/GciGJ3fiLMgkMuGNP3/nW2fVeF4joph:DHeYTfkKG/0GqMgkuB3/nWO0/

Entry address:
0x25E5D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, E6, 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:
7.8783

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
780 KB (798,720 bytes)

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

http://downloadd.org/.../bittorrent.php

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