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norton antivirus setup.exe

Norton AntiVirus

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 norton antivirus setup.exe, “Norton AntiVirus ” 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.downtoad.com.

File name:

Publisher:

NEW Download Manager Cert (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

Norton AntiVirus

Description:

Norton AntiVirus

Version:

2.0.73.0

MD5:

b017ddceefbe2ada23b5d1b06614dc36

SHA-1:

3012fdb121ca9830c1149d95d944ba74e560a8f9

SHA-256:

df4698d397615b6d7379d07614058e512a443818521d35adcd206bd8ac562e14

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:

5/3/2024 11:41:41 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)

16.6.21.16

File size:

910.8 KB (932,704 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.73.0

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\norton antivirus setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Manager

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/9/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/11/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:

6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/5/2014 12:10:25 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:xPgsNMw1sbhrGx43B2HHsr4QvDk4aa0zjlN:xPgsC3B4ubk3Jjf

Entry address:

0x2A0720

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, E0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, E3, 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, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8747

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

844 KB (864,256 bytes)

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

http://www.downtoad.com/.../nortonantivirus.exe

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