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firefox.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application firefox.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-file.downloadzone.org.
Publisher:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
731b03767b62a43d84381c2d4aae5227

SHA-1:
8fe32b601033cbad2aff8b86b3fff9d713ee56ca

SHA-256:
89975b4eca2538b0e9f6cb71f1e42f42890c1f8a6d42e114caa44de5d8da02c9

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/24/2024 10:11:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.11.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.188.94

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3281

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28678
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BI potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
11/24/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14113

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundler
v2014.11.24.02

McAfee
Adware-OutBrowse.c
5600.6937

Reason Heuristics
PUP.QuickDownloader.H
14.11.24.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
35010

File size:
572.5 KB (586,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\firefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET="96 Jessie St, 4th Floor", L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0087CE63C7728E982ECA2980DCA8DDE091

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:u6S77V/fWKctrRG7ucX2PFJQbr/fY3tF1J9CKPXgnbrkrm4IRAvhH:u6S77V/ZDicbv/fapCKPXQkHgAN

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9771

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download-file.downloadzone.org/download/229/.../

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