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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 16 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:
7d478d3d32290d0368a446942ffeb3f2

SHA-1:
a9ef7a6f7778f2feb173ae1f852431505086d1cf

SHA-256:
dc614d842b49193d18a6c7d33079b253663ab662797c39478347f2e95b4ea829

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

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 8:48:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.09.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.171.244

avast!
Adware-OH [Adw]
2014.9-140930

AVG
Adware MultiBundle
2015.0.3335

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.OCK
19509

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0273

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9149

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-30-09_3

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13358

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.09.30.06

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.2.61942

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.9.30.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14928

Sophos
Download Admin
4.95

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10327

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
24166

File size:
787.1 KB (805,984 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:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:txpJEQZiC2cO/Yms/fn+Z24zFwmG/m0tzobz0Nv1aZuhPVZK+Oyu2A93R8:fpa/c3R/PlKgQboNoZyS+tuN9

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:
7.4577

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 4 URLs.

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=1212740856

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=-485057144

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

https://www.xboxmb.com/download

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