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install_flashplayer.exe

Adobe Flash Player

Install Manager

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application install_flashplayer.exe, “Adobe Flash Player ” by Install Manager has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

Install Manager (signed by Install Manager)

Product:

Adobe Flash Player

Description:

Adobe Flash Player

Version:

2.0.63.0

MD5:

269e5369b8a5da4af78706fdc5741c5f

SHA-1:

8660826d1cccbf78e2c5276db3ea58b7357682b4

SHA-256:

29bd710f47a114687c809f4ecba06d424fc07354c12ca325b5b650ccb919497d

Scanner detections:

26 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:

4/19/2024 9:07:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

874

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.167.154

avast!

Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140914

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3352

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

1.0.20.1285

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5404

9.0.1.0257

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

14.09.14

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-6bcf410b

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

11.2014-14-09_1

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.11.10.18

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13358

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2014.09.14.04

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!E30135681482

5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

15.0.0.771

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.SMSSend.ddvfxt

0.28.2.61519

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.11.10.02

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.InstallManager.T

14.9.14.3

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14912

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4784938

32210

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.588

2.0.0.1921

File size:

907.9 KB (929,696 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.63.0

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\install_flashplayer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Manager

Authority:

DigiCert Inc

Valid from:

8/6/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/11/2015 5:00:00 AM

Subject:

CN=Install Manager, O=Install Manager, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:

06C0BBB90999729C33560EC18A203261

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/27/2014 3:22:44 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:eM25uamKeyBa4dVUWu+ILJGJyzF2EKHAG5UZihDVy6y:eYamKeydVtI4MzF85/xE

Entry address:

0x29F530

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, D0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, E3, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8743

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

844 KB (864,256 bytes)

The file install_flashplayer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.downloadwizard.com/get/click/.../?sid=ppc&uid=48179311&filename=install_flashplayer

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