flash playerinstaller.exe

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 by Download Manager 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bcf64391d0fd903c3c099093076464a8

SHA-1:
9ead990c3c7016fcc04759798767c0fec66c6ab6

SHA-256:
b95a80e49f75797fd9db05dfdd1f716f7ec0f77891b801a07ed71cc9903962ba

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:
4/26/2024 9:33:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
16.1.30.1

File size:
504.6 KB (516,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
5/26/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2012 4:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
7A29EA7E77DAC7B65FC20ECCCB2D8A3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aj8TZbspL12vWsijC0KU2QlMxo0l5j16ZQkKLWqr:c8TZI/2e7C+2ZK0lx1QQvzr

Entry address:
0x30600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 42, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, FD, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9953

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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