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ChromeSetup.exe

Chrome

Download Helper

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 ChromeSetup.exe by Download Helper 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 Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.64

MD5:
79915f3d8fb61e882132de97c2bf5e56

SHA-1:
cd13b4e490d3097367d161759685ffcf7cf1d2ef

SHA-256:
89b407a06ad945b3e7afada36bfa81c3ab06a6518197340d4eb8e6453b52becc

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:
5/21/2024 10:51:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.15.6

File size:
785.2 KB (804,048 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.64

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

Original file name:
ChromeSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, 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:
4263E777B200F4E7A16FDB1764B87576

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 11:43:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yh8ahk4ggmJb+PcbJYY9LlJUzuo4eMscSm094uetg:yhgJNGY9PUzuo4e5cN094ut

Entry address:
0x4CDAF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1169

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

http://v.evdls.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/ChromeSetup.exe&sid=Chrome-US&uid=1243101&key=a1183e4e0a7f707682651038897b8757db3025ea73d21c0fb9476a936875c3fb&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../chrome-product.jpg&n=Chrome&filename=ChromeSetup

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