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bloxxi.aptcspgwbas02.77.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application bloxxi.aptcspgwbas02.77.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. Part of RelevantKnowledge, a program typically installed via a software bundle (with the user's knowledge should they read the EULA) and will run in the background collecting and monitoring information about the user's behavior in order to build an extensive profile.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
66327dbae2d03d7f5e0fd8eb98a01f21

SHA-1:
76ee066d063304cf4bb65ac25bf6d9aae44e5ac2

SHA-256:
548b06eda2a562a3708414b2f9e200215b08ac6ba0ee70328209efd23cf1058d

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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 10:35:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADSPY/Relevant.AY.16
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
PUP.Adware.DownloadAdmin
1.0.0.593

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.Monitor
4.0.3.151115

Bitdefender
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose.A
1.0.20.1595

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.185
9.0.1.0319

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose
8.15.11.15.12

F-Prot
W32/Relevant.B
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose.A
11.2015-15-11_1

G Data
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose
15.11.25

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.RelevantKnowledge.cb
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.212.17847

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.RK
14.0.0.1120

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownLoadAdmin
v2015.11.15.12

MicroWorld eScan
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose.A
16.0.0.957

nProtect
MemScan:Adware.Mongoose.A
15.11.13.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Monitor.29c
1.0.0.1077

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.11.15.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1253087E!307431550 [F]
23.00.65.151113

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R047C0EKA15
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45198

ViRobot
Adware.Relevant.3634936[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
3.5 MB (3,634,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bloxxi.aptcspgwbas02.77.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2010 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0B3C4C63AB2E7D3D56CCC830179F66F0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2008 2:28:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ngT9kROOlEJly8E1o60mUwmQUS2Y2gEuTzxB3zMsXcQHcszn7VcWh7NEv4zbUD:nyiEH41d0LwmG2DgEsx1HcG2cJzw

Entry address:
0x30E3

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 58, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, 23, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 90, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, DA, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, C8, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9990

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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