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downshotfreesetup.exe

DownShotFree

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application downshotfreesetup.exe, “DownShotFree Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network (signed and verified)

Product:

DownShotFree

Description:

DownShotFree Setup

Version:

1.1.0.239

MD5:

c4d6f54ee7510e1cb76ed14a277ed8bd

SHA-1:

264c696fa8c06a78b88bf81deb188232f48459fa

SHA-256:

667cc76b163f0c67f66a3bb86af4f1ce7adb3b01af632021628576226bafdc32

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

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:

7/6/2025 1:29:57 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.Bundler (M)

16.3.30.1

File size:

3.6 MB (3,728,392 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.0.239

Original file name:

suf_launch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/19/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2018 8:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:

438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/27/2013 4:10:44 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:BhIm0gDHMxJfd6uxcPa/Z4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjr2eUYmLzzb:TImhCl6uGy/Ugev1ktnY2ocf

Entry address:

0x29E1

Entry point:

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Code size:

22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file downshotfreesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://ak.dl.downshotfree.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/DownShotFree/1429421068280/.../DownShotFreeSetup.DownShotFree_e0.hkdelelcifnpnmiicckihplpfgcadflb.ch.exe

http://ak.dl.downshotfree.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/DownShotFree/1458068538617/.../DownShotFreeSetup.DownShotFree_e0.hkdelelcifnpnmiicckihplpfgcadflb.ch.exe

http://ak.dl.downshotfree.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/DownShotFree/.../DownShotFreeSetup.exe

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