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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 17 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:
9552a016e80d543dbfd4c8b86a5c813f

SHA-1:
e7d5ca83ad4fe8a5554b6f8a121d2c30da33376a

SHA-256:
492d348e270c31b744715897b0a145cf5d51fe6d923f85fc78c9ef27037db515

Scanner detections:
17 / 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 5:30:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3383

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14813

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19159

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
8/13/2014

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-13-08_4

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of gimp-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.27.9

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.08.13.07

McAfee
Artemis!9552A016E80D
5600.7039

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.N
14.8.13.18

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0802
7.2.225

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
29708

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/NoPH48d:BpanJ0ZkKIh7mFgfidtDWEn20/NoP

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 3 URLs.

http://files4.file-mirror.info/download/.../dl?brand=xboxmb.com&pid=Horizon&bc=610535&country=US&cb=747404665&zTmp=1

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

https://www.horizonmb.com/download

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