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chromesetup.exe

Google Chrome

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 chromesetup.exe, “Google Chrome ” 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

chromesetup.exe

Publisher:

Download Manager Cert (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

Google Chrome

Description:

Google Chrome

Version:

2.0.78.0

MD5:

4d859881cc419c8bae1aa637990badc6

SHA-1:

ce60664be8f1137a67b413cb7a171b0e21d22481

SHA-256:

42c61a3e3659cb4a5766a3af3d55b82d015b563296c32a4a74c3914abe7e4939

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 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:

4/19/2024 12:02:35 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

16.7.29.1

File size:

912.8 KB (934,752 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.78.0

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\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Manager

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/11/2017 4:59:59 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:

9/16/2014 1:56:58 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:xYIfbMy0Y1nSje18ofNxb/H4bICRZbt3xIcieyg:xMy91ny3+NK3

Entry address:

0x2A0C40

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, E0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, E3, 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:

7.8733

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

844 KB (864,256 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadwizard.com/get/click/e2s0e2d1/?d=http://www.downloadwizard.com/redirect_google_chrome_us_live.php&key=1f0469cbb140bfec791ae538b03dd3b0ac6a3d2eb8bea1b2e899afd9c52d5e51&sid=chrome-us&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://www.downloadwizard.com/.../logo_googlechrome_live.jpg&n=Google Chrome&filename=ChromeSetup

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