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chroniclesofalbianthemagicconvention-setup.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 chroniclesofalbianthemagicconvention-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.playfin.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
771a6ff1dc3beea76f9cee9e627e80c2

SHA-1:
229ba63d9e006be05225a77c34c96555f3dc65cb

SHA-256:
81a4e5674e4f1d13097a03354ffa468be00b15c391a499de9f6838724b09d02f

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 1:30:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.204.154

AVG
Adware Skodna.Bundle.AU
2014.0.4253

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
5.13.68

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14726

Malwarebytes
PUP.DownloadAdmin
v2015.01.22.07

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.dlgjls
0.30.0.64812

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Tightrope
15.1.22.19

Sophos
PUA 'Download Admin'
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10099

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
36694

File size:
740 KB (757,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chroniclesofalbianthemagicconvention-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 4:59:59 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 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 11:07:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TxpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/DF:tpNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbF

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4082

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file chroniclesofalbianthemagicconvention-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.playfin.com/download/.../dl?s=msn&c=playfin_dynamic&variation=TB10723&brand=playfin.com&pid=TR&bc=673221&country=US&cb=850643420

http://files5.playfin.com/dl?bc=673221&geo

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