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flashplayerinstaller-1.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 flashplayerinstaller-1.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9debea0a91c7d9cb687c9d37d898e8b4

SHA-1:
21c2771902d1bcdf55165c23366b3605c8460027

SHA-256:
f5c3cdd8da188047e535835a3dccb2c6b794d11b4f3288e7b32d2cd75fa810a3

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:
4/27/2024 12:59:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Bundler
15.6.10.22

File size:
276.4 KB (283,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adobe\flashplayerinstaller-1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
5/26/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2012 6:59:59 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 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oJSG/Zcy2/hmfnI13ASitzz+9u2zkeWgZ8dowRHKCoxy2:SvZRwmfn6DuKeZIy2

Entry address:
0x627C0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, FA, 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:
7.9826

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

The file flashplayerinstaller-1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://www.download-free.com/download.php?p=flash-video-player&source=ga

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