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clocksaver.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 clocksaver.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.condinstalls.biz.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bea44382c395db159b0b7a2df0a495b3

SHA-1:
75127be77d3072c683fc79ebf1a8c1f246fdd2af

SHA-256:
e7ecc12a48aea3c5562bb1b5f9b2c5b2f4b1c790a0283fe599841ec489ce1088

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
8/16/2025 3:14:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Skodna.Bundle
2014.0.3611

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.131229

Bkav FE
W32.Cloda3b.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.G
17297

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.644
9.0.1.0363

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
7.9255

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of netdownloader.exe (Adware)
2014.1.5.20

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.175.10735

Malwarebytes
PUP.DownloadAdmin
v2013.12.29.04

McAfee
Artemis!BEA44382C395
5600.7267

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.K
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.96

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10879

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1025
7.2.363

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
25138

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.8.7

File size:
740.1 KB (757,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\clocksaver.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 1:59:59 AM

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 8:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uxpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/DM:apNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbM

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://www.condinstalls.biz/.../clocksaver.exe

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