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installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe

Adobe Flash Player

Download Manager

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 installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
2.5.0.24

MD5:
6721efa70f5f1fce4a719f08ad4bce7c

SHA-1:
64a821fc130cdceed38a14f867a75452e9abc1f1

SHA-256:
3f79ea20266af51d66b1a6aad254479bb8818867de97e53367cc5f0f845a8f10

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 9:34:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
577

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2015.02.07

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.167.196

avast!
Win32:Adware-CJY [PUP]
2014.9-150707

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3055

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AirAdInstaller
4.0.3.1577

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
1.0.20.940

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-36527
0.98/20043

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.11042
9.0.1.0188

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
8.15.07.07.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/AirAdInstaller
7/7/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
11.2015-07-07_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
15.7.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14894

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.1772

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.07.07.03

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!757FB24A0964
5600.6711

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
16.0.0.564

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dmnhfn
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.07.07.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.7.7.15

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.15705

Sophos
Generic PUA LI
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R04AB01AL15
7.2.188

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
32296

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.791
2.0.0.2056

File size:
1 MB (1,065,080 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.24

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

Original file name:
installer_adobe_flash_player_English.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/22/2014 1:17:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5M1iy9cN7tjk3XUnyAmkx3B6jHcDxVX2CI7ZSeow6:u1iy9SpjX8i6GD2CcSeG

Entry address:
0x345A40

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, DB, 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:
7.8897

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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