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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 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download970.mediafire.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
11dbd616ee03a796dba485724aba105b

SHA-1:
9475a85d7d3d584c78765b4d4cff80331a77a423

SHA-256:
fdc83d445cec0b9ade9e0b7a5a6f10b21a5259a728f2c1f57214a3b3091aee0a

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/26/2024 10:51:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.164.246

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3380

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19056

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-16-08_7

McAfee
Artemis!11DBD616EE03
5600.7036

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/RootKit.Rootkit.7e5
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.8.16.12

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0726
7.2.228

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
31844

File size:
815.3 KB (834,840 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 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:
7/15/2014 12:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rp5sMEUrUdKPJq24irNSyWd6ewi0nFqoKgNR:rVrUoX4wdowiCs

Entry address:
0x3345

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, 2E, 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, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4845

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file horizon-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://download970.mediafire.com/jbs3k282kn4g/.../horizon-setup.exe

http://download734.mediafire.com/5gm5x5vxdxkg/.../horizon-setup.exe

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