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facebook-messenger.exe

Facebook Messenger

IDC Ventures LLC

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 facebook-messenger.exe by IDC Ventures has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Download-Assist  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
Facebook Messenger

Version:
3.0.0.63

MD5:
132323d0c99f413dab3a27fa06db9bd9

SHA-1:
8a1dd7ea7a4fdd0106906d4fc668e4f973f2fa73

SHA-256:
708e0673959d23f5ec236bbb4499a1ed95247447a217b2a3f79520e13ec78313

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/23/2024 7:22:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
496

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2974

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
1.0.20.1345

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
8.15.09.26.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-26-09_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
15.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobeairupdatesetup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.26.13

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.09.26.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.32
16.0.0.807

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.09.26.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.IDCVentures.Bundler (M)
15.8.14.5

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
36482

File size:
785 KB (803,808 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.63

Copyright:
(c) Download-Assist

Original file name:
facebook-messenger.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\facebook-messenger.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IDC Ventures LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/6/2015 6:49:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ifgs8zfYy3or6tZekSG6RlYv1m4UOJcSm09HF6:IfgsqNSG6Yv1m4UocN09Y

Entry address:
0x4CD0F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1122

The file facebook-messenger.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/b8152820/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/BlueStacks-SplitInstaller_native_c.exe&key=35e52b8f871cc44afd6986f5e9bb11fa2beb9cdbe6bd8d99aac15893cbb5b4f7&sid=Facebook Messenger &uid=Facebook Messenger &affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../facebook messenger_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../facebook messenger_p.png&n=Facebook Messenger &filename=facebook-messenger

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