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Fast Downloads

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 google-chrome.exe by Fast Downloads has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Fast Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
183d6f08bc5345824b6decdca94802f4

SHA-1:
96e26375fd55655c9f9cd68db4c755d6fca978da

SHA-256:
1c62e86b9df495781c05cbf5760210dfb8e42c2b4058d4f05ca91d06fa69429b

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/18/2024 11:34:58 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2014.12.19

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.196.174

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CQM
2014.0.4235

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OutBrowse
12/19/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OutBrowse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14380

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OutBrowse
v2014.12.19.03

McAfee
Program.Adware-OutBrowse.c
16.8.708.2

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FastDownloads.N
14.12.19.2

Sophos
Generic PUA BI
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.651C691B
7.2.353

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
35418

File size:
580.7 KB (594,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\cw1jxhkp\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fast Downloads

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fast Downloads, O=Fast Downloads, 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:
00FAF54737027D796BDFDF9DFF5F8D1709

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7ooFjdEOPy40CyKB0/AzhMWg3ksAte14ZattLz3oS+oNjVSwdlcJ:7oSjGK0+y73b71MEJLoS+oNjVSwW

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:
7.9737

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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