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Download Assistant

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 Chrome.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.97

MD5:
41c6b5c7e01688443b3fe19487ec0b9b

SHA-1:
ea451f314c2b6a458cdc552e5cabadf3b9231d01

SHA-256:
949baa03cf61b235a3cf25a73cde4010e76dbac6fae7496efc6d2d148e8d2ec7

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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 3:56:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
5887441

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.05.05

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
150319-1

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
1.0.20.625

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
22004

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11575

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.5.25

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
16.0.0.375

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.05.03

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Air Software.Bundler
15.5.4.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15503

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
39486

File size:
960.2 KB (983,208 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.97

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Chrome.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 10:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/5/2015 12:01:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rYQEn+wjPPwCEsqBHTly5m/+FVVXyP6CD69zJxi35cOdP3Z:BEn+wDPVEsqJly5m/SWyRudP3Z

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0566

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/1ac8b922/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/ChromeSetup.exe&key=c23a29311e85478286d23109e2409ca470323d67cf8d0a32888a175b8db4ff1d&sid=au-Chrome&uid=au-Chrome&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../chrome_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../chrome_p.png&n=Chrome&filename=Chrome

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