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gimp-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 gimp-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.gimp.us.com.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
81c415f1640933c19365afad61b29fe7

SHA-1:
7da5f51cbb1cbd86949392dbc06dcea5f01a4b9d

SHA-256:
44963e892db442a9d64dea28fd395d1ccd4cf311a0d643ed7dd25bfe4e26e404

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 12:49:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Skodna.Bundle
2015.0.3607

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAdmin
4.0.3.1412

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.644
9.0.1.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9116

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of clocksaver.exe (Adware)
2014.1.2.11

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.174.10361

Malwarebytes
PUP.DownloadAdmin
v2014.01.02.10

McAfee
Artemis!BEA44382C395
5600.7263

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.K
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.95

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10870

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1025
7.2.2

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
23892

File size:
740 KB (757,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 12:59:59 AM

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 7:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:expJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/Dm:qpNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbm

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gimp-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.gimp.us.com/dl?bc=904365

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