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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 pdf readerinstaller.exe, “Product Installer” 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:
Setup  (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Product Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0010

MD5:
30265bf1ba4f4a6cf3c21064f7899907

SHA-1:
e4da4a26c187191f4427f22c96307a5afed8326e

SHA-256:
9a9fcf243484a22b8f1656840a77f03923083ed6131d4def5713f4720f7392b8

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:
4/23/2024 11:28:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.2.2

File size:
679.5 KB (695,800 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012

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\pdf readerinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/1/2016 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
19777BC7489D8203801D05ACE10DBEAC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x8000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 98, 7F, 40, 00, E8, D4, C3, FF, FF, E8, 33, FC, FF, FF, E8, A2, B3, FF, FF, 8B, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9602

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

The file pdf readerinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://www.download-free.com/download.php?software=pdf-reader&path=live6

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