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installer_pdf_creator_spanish.exe

PDF Creator

Download Assistant

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_pdf_creator_spanish.exe by Download Assistant 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 programasplus.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
PDF Creator

Version:
3.0.0.60

MD5:
67ee57310e717fff0b7e60d969678cb1

SHA-1:
ae068c3a9c2816bb588b8d865385992a451f8c94

SHA-256:
0baca31b11f0d8e92f487f8c9add98a9152e38a74713e6d70546898ecce19358

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 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 1:31:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.7.4.13

File size:
784.2 KB (803,032 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.60

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
installer_pdf_creator_Spanish.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 11:55:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2lr21xKpH69CnyeufYUKGD35mU80ZFlTC8uqzeseFF2wBM2Ap44lMz6kmoyUxyNR:2p2syeufYUbVhZnJGFk446zlBywCR

Entry address:
0x4CC9F

Entry point:
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The file installer_pdf_creator_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://programasplus.com/.../download?p=ES-DNM&gclid=CJyi-4vPy8ICFQXnwgodS2YAmg

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