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ccleaner_setup.exe

CCleaner Free

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 ccleaner_setup.exe, “CCleaner Free ” by Download Manager 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Piriform CCleaner but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
CCleaner Free

Description:
CCleaner Free

Version:
2.0.19.0

MD5:
7ce73e196bd82cde83d1665b9468e18c

SHA-1:
b4923514c949674cfaaa6c67d8f88605e3577b90

SHA-256:
8ee746227a084d312fe9621e0c5005432ce8da97ec54a53d1d976b49e4ee9065

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 '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 4:26:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.3.12.15

File size:
756.4 KB (774,528 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.19.0

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\ccleaner_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2014 2:57:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lIfgy933mu6rrUhxGokTJfGTaRbT3ZVXSb6yyO/M9qotVke3UGSWEzBh:lIflWbrrUhxGo+JfGWRbT2uyyO/M9HKv

Entry address:
0x25D418

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,736,192 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/3h4qmh6i/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../ccleaner.exe&n=CCleaner Free&key=bf7feef19ff325e39aad54333e30b206fa0b7f58a318f0e416261fb3780fb6f7&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../ccleaner.png&sid=ca-ccleaner&filename=ccleaner_setup

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