firefoxflashgot-setup.exe

Web Install

This installer uses the CNET Download.com download manager (private label) in order to provide monetized offerings to end users. These offers could include ad-supported toolbars or various web browser extensions. The application firefoxflashgot-setup.exe by Web Install has been detected as adware 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 DownloadCom Spot Install 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:
Web Install  (signed and verified)

MD5:
58b5be82c5acb7a3de9f2289ed1613e1

SHA-1:
22933fa31a0431a45f50653e71880c4f7bbdae57

SHA-256:
feeee71945083894799d02009f9038740f30278e067badb5288bfdd307c69312

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 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:
4/20/2024 12:01:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CBS.WebInstall.Installer (M)
15.7.16.12

File size:
574.8 KB (588,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
DownloadCom Spot Install (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\firefoxflashgot-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Install, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Install, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
6F93708E2A9DB00DA7666A9EA9A5FA00

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 12:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FiqXIELz6dIfaBUSAXnLqJLwD3bxWTOxlUgbPr9wh1:FigIsz6dLUt3LqJwD3N+7wPran

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9341

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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