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horizon-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 horizon-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.file-mirror.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bc057d7697d01d9f057d812942a50e8

SHA-1:
636f47045d02fbd377858cea73aaa8eecb87fa7a

SHA-256:
f534ca06468b729b198ea0b6347dbce290c47861507bd9bc993febe5857455a0

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/27/2024 1:33:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.158.134

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18765

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0190

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-09-07_4

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.07.09.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0627
7.2.190

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
30956

File size:
915.3 KB (937,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\horizon-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:
6/17/2014 10:35:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XxpJMyVWJ0q4kfS6wKhmcRf6vEh7+KAFgtp51idtDWEqOWtVr2/NoPH48Z:BpanJ0ZkKIh7mFgfidtDWEn20/No3

Entry address:
0x3341

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, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5071

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file horizon-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=1592693472&zTmp=1

http://files4.mirror1.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=-462134721

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=1661642739&zTmp=1

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=1658363385&zTmp=1

http://files5.file-mirror.info/dl?bc=610535

https://www.horizonmb.com/download

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