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This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Google Chrome.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Chrome

Version:
3.0.0.92

MD5:
9755229a18c16d10ba69c236b4bd9a36

SHA-1:
c22d888abce78cbcd89e3caede940830b31d69a9

SHA-256:
dbbecc8d8b315c217db5978814951553e2e6b0f8ccad74774b8001a0184c1330

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/12/2024 8:15:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.8.18

File size:
957.7 KB (980,648 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.92

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Google Chrome.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/22/2015 3:39:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zYfq75tG1RyCKY+gDJG2XNpiKXVy+hWUMO+JNA:B6RDPvFXp5OJW

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0469

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/18a7551f/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/ChromeSetup.exe&key=c23a29311e85478286d23109e2409ca470323d67cf8d0a32888a175b8db4ff1d&sid=uk-Chrome&uid=uk-Chrome&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../chrome_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../chrome_p.png&n=Chrome&filename=Google Chrome

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