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Curse Client Setup.exe

Curse Client

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 Curse Client Setup.exe by Download Assistant 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 file has been seen being downloaded from download.downtoad.com.
Publisher:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Curse Client

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
e8fe52216d242a035257acc3ca7dc8a9

SHA-1:
13848866a165268862d51fb2328ac44f8f0d5067

SHA-256:
f3a5df8fb13e227b6658961ff30596beb65de573744e1c945735ebcdd250d71b

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:
5/14/2024 1:00:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.10

File size:
844.2 KB (864,432 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Curse Client Setup.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}\curse client setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 5:59:59 PM

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:
3/11/2015 6:05:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:a0pGmuR07I6tazENS7AhpWNov28ghRoOQ74fAN:DjuR0cbEI7QWNO2PvpAN

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 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:
7.0575

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

The file Curse Client Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.downtoad.com/v2/click/f5n53siy/?d=http://www.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/curseclient.exe&n=Curse Client&key=004872fa05a7ecbe6f118b3d9fc859c35135f389656bf5482a97367807ad86d0&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/curseclient/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/curseclient/.../installsplash.png&filename=Curse Client Setup&sid=Bing2-USA-CurseClient-

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