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microsoft toolkit.exe

Microsoft Toolkit

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 microsoft toolkit.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 server.download-database.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Microsoft Toolkit

Version:

3.0.0.154

MD5:

1c2df6d553c574f53838abebef328b5c

SHA-1:

213da83c67e6b36b79223bcde92896d5b5635258

SHA-256:

5c6290558bb5a554db8ed3dd0dda38e751dfd70a1b3946ffa9010808622134ea

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:

5/15/2025 12:30:16 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.5.10.14

File size:

1.1 MB (1,141,856 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}\microsoft%20toolkit.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/21/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/22/2017 1:59:59 AM

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:

74E99F6D6E13850E699A1F96049E70BC

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 3:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:ixGXzwYKCZnDbwC139/j9MDpPLQT1XeQcx8f9Ek5UyHEJakzk:H3KCZnwC/ZMDpPcRXrA8WkFEJakI

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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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://server.download-database.com/v2/click/km920jtw/?affiliate_image=http://.../32x32.png&d=http://.../toolkit.exe&filename=Microsoft Toolkit&key=79f44da4f7a295cc7fbf4abc9ce2cab6808131e36c5300eeed4ad43dee3db228&n=Microsoft Toolkit&product_image=http://.../325x85.png&sid=&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4yOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzUwLjAuMjY2MS45NCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2&scid=7a75e5f0-12e9-11e6-97ee-0401ac006801

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