media playerinstaller.exe

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 media playerinstaller.exe by Download Manager 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 www.download-free.com.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c8b926a0fb615108c67833b922424f6

SHA-1:
95ce06de580a8ba3841b880049d04608f657d66b

SHA-256:
1001214d27acd84ee3fd175fb0f7e8c3224dca20250de0116f009d7e3a1103cf

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:
4/16/2024 8:24:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.11.17.17

File size:
509.6 KB (521,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
5/26/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, STREET=26 York Street, L=London, S=Westminster, PostalCode=W1U 6PZ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
7A29EA7E77DAC7B65FC20ECCCB2D8A3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OjTA1bY8npGgrDWSyKBSB0FGE5joJCIOqdrE0UuDT3JDnY6D:4WY84grKMB5kE9hlNZu5DnYm

Entry address:
0x30600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 42, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, FD, 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, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9955

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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