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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 Downloadinfo has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Downloadinfo  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cf18641101e0c1d18f96c6357b7b7f18

SHA-1:
dc4dadd313aa90a42f7a17228d0969a9e0ad3362

SHA-256:
121918838c749538c190ef659341a47b6d9af62f38c26220701c58bb2e5ae613

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/9/2024 6:47:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.169.216

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3368

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.dehadt
0.28.2.61861

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloadinfo.H
14.8.28.22

File size:
566.4 KB (579,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Downloadinfo

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/13/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Downloadinfo, O=Downloadinfo, 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:
0086FD7D8A08F1EAEB6084518153EB026C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xMrIobbf1AsyhZQnf1yEUJtt4HRsKCeudv2FtDR0VozGxfynv:xMrhbbf5yhZQnf1paCHKDdujVpax+

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:
7.9767

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 2 URLs.

http://get.downloaddesktop5.com/1409273709/DownloadManager/GetALGK3?p=1955&d=18257&l=5187&n=1&productname=Firefox&d1=88314&filename=Firefox&tyurl=http://www.postdownload.net/.../redirect.php?id=433vt71fmu544fll4fv9k9var4bt3617qtaa7pc160o00kg9tgb1-747fa6ba0355187c716309f1d748f800&d=downloadinfo.co&p=Firefox&pid=3&countryid=265

http://us.download-file.downloadinfo.co/download/288/.../

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