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flip words setup.exe

Flip Words

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 flip words setup.exe by Download Assistant 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwarerotate2.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Flip Words

Version:
3.0.0.154

MD5:
6ca73b53ca5d2895dfa674561aec10fd

SHA-1:
601a1b8d2d59882b1fabb973ebc06d0ea84a6fa0

SHA-256:
264ee41a9217c973bbd915925e4a750ea66f1e67bc7dfa6c48b22299d0d10cec

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:
5/4/2024 11:28:15 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.23.5

File size:
1.1 MB (1,195,360 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.154

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\flip words setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/11/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/11/2017 6:59:59 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:
23AA899B39C242619F149EA85DC2BF47

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zxGxGSXQk1CK18VWZmsa+09vOpAAIwlEmM1lgGMT8u3z45Tc1wEJakD:sFpfGsIvOpBt+bicywEJakD

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:
6.9895

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file flip words setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwarerotate2.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/flipwords.exe&n=Flip Words&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/flipwords/.../aidesktop.ico&key=d9429a3e7d4c07adf4f349a984b68b32f660bbc772a13af769cc6e30c307783d&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/flipwords/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/flipwords/.../installsplash.png&filename=Flip Words Setup&sid=DT-Y--USA-FlipWords-

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