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Pixel Gun 3D

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 pixel gun 3d.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 download.chromeworld.space.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pixel Gun 3D

Version:
3.0.0.155

MD5:
d44840e56d3329a9d7b61374bc6ee3b1

SHA-1:
56a61617c90b6abcbb9bef0d4c3b948f7ebaa42d

SHA-256:
94a7225797a628b03f1b20005025cbbb8377326874880845724ff95f04a2a6f9

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:
11/3/2025 8:33:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.7.3.7

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,720 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.155

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\pixel%20gun%203d.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/3/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/2/2017 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:
088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

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):
24576:7xG3CBz7FKzi8fp7v/ECPDBcoRkerTMGIjUw7dbgyPsCJCxMFEJakb:0qzd8fp7vjD6oPTMhj2ZCJCxMFEJakb

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 pixel gun 3d.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.chromeworld.space/v2/click/odfarb59/?affiliate_image=http://.../pixelgun32x32.png&d=http://.../pixelgun3d.zip&filename=Pixel Gun 3D&key=bea6bbdc98829977ea1c8e3c82a5a4e30e9622168152676490a59a6d45e842da&n=Pixel Gun 3D&product_image=http://.../pixelgun325x85.png&sid=&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xOyBXT1c2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzUwLjAuMjY2MS4xMDIgU2FmYXJpLzUzNy4zNg__&scid=5612122a-1b6c-11e6-a737-0401ac007701

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