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malwarebytes setup.exe

Malwarebytes

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 malwarebytes setup.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from evd.softwaredeliveryc.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Malwarebytes

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

63cfaf6c1d37abf6c33fbb553868bc57

SHA-1:

936662e5d211dc43f95632ae502d34497b3a360c

SHA-256:

ebe00835864f339999797f06c3778bc53887ca8190453d906804130f4f18b085

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:

11/3/2025 10:15:27 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

16.7.21.5

File size:

1.1 MB (1,138,976 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.154

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\malwarebytes%20setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/13/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/14/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

3179370BECD0CB49DB3E6431A0C87799

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:OxGHROl8l4uNq5TCQNQoc8cNX3wXktfvdwmIhiWDCaGjmo9KEJakD:zxQ8aESYdtfvdwPRGxKEJakD

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

6.9644

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://evd.softwaredeliveryc.com/v2/click/1f83eab9/?affiliate_image=&cancel_url=http://tundra.site/pages/ML/MLINT.html&d=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/.../mbam-setup-2.2.0.1024.exe&done_url=http://tundra.site/pages/LM/LM_TYP.html&filename=Malwarebytes Setup&key=c9d065665e3b807a63cda7db7e08bc29ef9b368a8a8bedfddfdf8e962ecd267b&n=Malwarebytes&product_image=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/.../product2.png&sid=Malwarebytes-US&uid=12014855&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzQ5LjAuMjYyMy4xMTIgU2FmYXJpLzUzNy4zNg__&scid=22e249d8-072b-11e6-8efd-0401abff8d01

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