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nortoninternetsecurity2012-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application nortoninternetsecurity2012-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.free-antivirus.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
837175c235a61786e1864a7a8da58a91

SHA-1:
9cab6dc6bb00bc363e29a40b8e49a9daa6706a79

SHA-256:
0725fb7b844fc3d19cde0da5ac8d94c4a820578241b384ff0afa0b79b33156b5

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 4:09:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.411
9.0.1.0183

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.DownloadAdmin.AMN
8.15.07.02.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
9.8378

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of openofficesuite-setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.2.4

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.bqhlba
0.24.0.52214

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Tightrope
15.3.27.9

Sophos
Download Admin
4.89

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0512
7.2.183

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
18150

File size:
33.2 MB (34,859,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\nortoninternetsecurity2012-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
29529B0D185F8525A92A866D4A38DA3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zpRpUihG1NvE/nZ6xH83sNsvbJcbI/UrGG3vFr7sSHBLWQ3jmY/r:z5GvE/nZOc3CUtoOUGfSHBLWQCkr

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.4901

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file nortoninternetsecurity2012-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.free-antivirus.com/download?s=google&c=t0&variation=green-accept&brand=freeantivirus.com&pid=TR&bc=608339&country=us&cb=-187203642

http://files5.free-antivirus.com/dl?bc=608339&c=t0&geo

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