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free_download.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application free_download.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.soft-disc.com.
Publisher:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ca8e1c41c72455f544339cd1e7aba831

SHA-1:
9c7f25aefc691342ebe435f221ab5d342ed2542a

SHA-256:
83cc38a1fbe280a4bd76cccaefc2bb27d6bf27542dc3557310f8638f4c4b22fa

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

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:
4/23/2024 7:45:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.1
5733614

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.OutBrowse
7.1.1

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150414-0

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CPA
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
1.0.20.605

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.HY
21953

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28678
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
15.05.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
5/1/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-01-05_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
15.5.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15767

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.OutBrowse
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.c
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.BA
16.0.0.363

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dncdbc
0.30.24.1357

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.OutBrowse.A
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Adlogica.Bundler
15.4.30.22

Sophos
PUA 'OutBrowse' (of type Adware)
5.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
39486

File size:
569.4 KB (583,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET="96 Jessie St, 4th Floor", L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

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

Serial number:
0087CE63C7728E982ECA2980DCA8DDE091

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8vMF/5JDL03Gub3hF9okieH88CRCyyJeSavIWwtf2x+lQ:8vMjZMGQ9oOCj6BavmGP

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9681

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.soft-disc.com/download/519/.../

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