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gamenutt-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application gamenutt-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
19290b707ed46dafe757677eb4f8742b

SHA-1:
bfe70c103f1dea0b6b3f03c904259a62799581d4

SHA-256:
13cb7044f837c6d4cfaa3569dc8b621c71b9d84a0f2b4e22f8224da4ef1cbb13

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 9:42:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.165.138

avast!
Adware-OH [Adw]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6650
0.98/19265

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.OCK
19103

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0218

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9427

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-06-08_4

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of horizon-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.27.21

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.08.06.06

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.57630

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.O
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14925

Sophos
Download Admin
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
26476

File size:
791.8 KB (810,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gamenutt-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VxpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBNF:np23jDK8R7enOnb3GBF

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4613

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gamenutt-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com/download/.../dl?s=kitara&c=ch&brand=gamenutt.com&pid=Kitara&aid=1591&bc=616467&v.url=m17b7mbn2gekfo77ie3hgqgje4&country=US&cb=-775044497

http://files4.mirror7.net/download/.../dl?s=kitara&c=ch&brand=gamenutt.com&pid=Kitara&aid=1591&bc=616467&v.url=m17b7mbn2gekfo77ie3hgqgje4&country=US&cb=-775044497

http://files5.mirror7.net/dl?bc=616467&aid=1591-us&v.url=m17b7mbn2gekfo77ie3hgqgje4&c=ch

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