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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 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.getgimp.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1fdda0f697514e1e2f58bef7e587cf89

SHA-1:
daf8d151cab3be6f38eb7bd3efc81c48e2b3c8e0

SHA-256:
1809d91a933494ef1937956e8c803eb563122f97b231f863e37a79aa2c7da6f5

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:58:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Adware-OH [Adw]
2014.9-141126

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0330

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of playpickle-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.26.18

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.11.26.01

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.60475

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.K
14.9.18.22

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
29708

File size:
75.8 MB (79,453,952 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:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 4:59:59 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 11:07:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0xpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBNL:Ip23jDK8R7enOnb3GBL

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:
0.1439

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 2 URLs.

http://files4.getgimp.com/download/.../dl?s=google&c=Getgimp_US_Broad&brand=getgimp&pid=TR&bc=6542&country=US&cb=1249757474

http://files5.getgimp.com/dl?bc=6542&geo

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