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HTC Sync Setup.exe

HTC Sync

Download Publisher

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 HTC Sync Setup.exe by Download Publisher 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 file has been seen being downloaded from software.onedownloader.com.
Publisher:
Download Publisher  (signed and verified)

Product:
HTC Sync

Version:
3.0.0.73

MD5:
8eb191ab8ec7aef021e4adee994d1cf0

SHA-1:
ef8481b93e039aadab01dd2a046de2cb2690dca0

SHA-256:
d8a2a517031b755af3ca3d74fdb73b11e120111ee3c58b2905dc43adffea2d57

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 is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 4:29:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.1.10

File size:
788.4 KB (807,328 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.73

Copyright:
(c) Download Publisher

Original file name:
HTC Sync Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\htc sync setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Publisher

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 5:59:59 PM

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

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:
5ECC09F6F591E0329759887CAC9A3B81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 12:30:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:abFdxlYmY5Kq2w7R0zUSh8wV1EzwlA5rGnK4S8eci+5/RTT4:aZdabezUSh8wV1EzwlUGnK4Sk5/i

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 40, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1196

The file HTC Sync Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.onedownloader.com/v2/click/gh8nzuiu/?d=http://www.onedownloader.com/.../htcsync.exe&n=HTC Sync&key=7f5538bee06bac56d6fdb06ebb048f631f6a9090b307d3b95e1498675fcb44d9&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/.../installimage.jpg&filename=HTC Sync Setup&sid=bingusa-htcsync- htc sync download---

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