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Download Manager

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 flash playerinstaller.exe, “Product Installer” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Setup  (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Product Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0010

MD5:
5460d3f34d91319c1ee12c1e116a035d

SHA-1:
59ee10fcf5aaad28e08e4af62833c0c8ea6cfc05

SHA-256:
b2ee30da5cad99875498f1ca0ccb86fd1238c9dc89660a3c21a0e753254386ba

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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 1:15:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SpeedingUpMyPC
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-ASF [PUP]
2014.9-150731

AVG
Trojan horse SHeur4
2016.0.3032

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC
4.0.3.15731

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18666

Dr.Web
SCRIPT.Virus
9.0.1.0212

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan-PWS.Win32.QQPass!IK
8.15.07.31.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.SpeedingUpMyPC.G application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SpeedingUpMyPC
7/31/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of pdf readerinstaller.exe (Adware)
2015.9.4.19

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-PWS.Win32.QQPass
t3scan.1.3.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.170.9324

McAfee
Artemis!7ACB9EB512A0
5600.6688

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.7.31.10

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.A4AD3B83
7.2.212

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.InstallCore
3.12.18.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28606

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.47011
2.0.0.2202

File size:
1016.2 KB (1,040,624 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/30/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/31/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, STREET=26 York Street, STREET=Westminster, L=London, S=London, PostalCode=W1U 6PZ, C=GB

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

Serial number:
19777BC7489D8203801D05ACE10DBEAC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VL+RttZpmohXfcY1a6whzJ6D1rGJiDrQWpo9XUN5qO+HSsuw2GUQLDu6/6lZ:ajmtY1qtJ6D3AbC5qO+HSsLR6Z

Entry address:
0x8000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 98, 7F, 40, 00, E8, D4, C3, FF, FF, E8, 33, FC, FF, FF, E8, A2, B3, FF, FF, 8B, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9794

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

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

https://www.download-free.com/download.php?software=flash-video-player&path=live10

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