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firefox_setup.exe

Mozilla Firefox

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 firefox_setup.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Mozilla Firefox

Version:
3.0.0.132

MD5:
f75ccc7ea7a4ab9b9d23657c89059c4d

SHA-1:
a50ffd31f9449c182e25603e283a5c9be3188e11

SHA-256:
1baeaea3f19137d1e3892b1c4f2315fafea3a0a709bb3cfd30043bb531bfe2db

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 9:22:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
2014.9-151127

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2913

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.C potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12565

G Data
Win32.Adware.DownloadAssistant
15.11.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.17854

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.DownloadAsist
14.0.0.1058

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssist
v2015.11.27.08

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAsist.dvtqad
0.30.26.4437

Qihoo 360 Security
QVM06.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
15.11.27.8

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
45208

File size:
1.1 MB (1,137,816 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.132

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/27/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/27/2016 7:59:59 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:
5AB0D4FBB68E66252A764F6A8E02A8ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BxGfvJzcRdgiIfXd/E4a/7aJUtIh8xpJv9rmkFhs7NBTPX7LfsddmSp/QrB7:6XJzc/g/fNszGJUahY3yDJptSpIrB7

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9677

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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