national_geographic_-_the_journey_of_the_apostles_(march_2012__usa).exe

Downloadnow Ltd

The application national_geographic_-_the_journey_of_the_apostles_(march_2012__usa).exe by Downloadnow has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OneClickDownload Installer installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.oneclickdownloaer.com.
Publisher:
Downloadnow Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2de7ee367348771cdd086557f344b913

SHA-1:
301fe1f387f192596aa334d849ca6c2a486e3048

SHA-256:
f1e8385b7cfcafd5e1a51cf0e42c506768d860d20479be9678818ddb115e1830

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 2:00:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.214.2

avast!
Downloader-UHO [PUP]
150303-0

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.OneClickDownload
2014.0.4257

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2118
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.1ClickDownload.G application
7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.12.12

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.200.15176

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.czyjkl
0.30.0.296

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Downloadnow
15.3.5.19

Sophos
PUA '1 Click Downloader' (of type Adware)
5.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OneClickDownload
10015

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
37788

File size:
275 KB (281,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OneClickDownload Installer (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\national_geographic_-_the_journey_of_the_apostles_(march_2012__usa).exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/12/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/13/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Downloadnow Ltd, O=Downloadnow Ltd, L=Limassol, S=Limassol County, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
16B7670FC14AA2B216D5329335628558

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CQq41rLnvcjtq1pcJGUg1ZoNEiti0eSkMQ2/ndAiti0b:x1vnEp6c8Ugzq4Jx2/dLF

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8818

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file national_geographic_-_the_journey_of_the_apostles_(march_2012__usa).exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.