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playpickle-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 playpickle-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from service.downloadadmin.com.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec64f78f278e3c564ff425c887423a64

SHA-1:
9f24d42fdf977e1df03bc528afa1fadea5c9084f

SHA-256:
69d8bc663283d5cdecce14ca28ba2992d8c2c50f59a56d98adfaa58b8c0a04b9

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:12:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.557
9.0.1.0203

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen
9.9639

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tightrope.Bundler
15.4.20.13

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
28082

File size:
895.2 KB (916,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 4:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 2:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qLdtLtwMTSokK8VvjkcP0qPxUJ/n+nZYbe:qLdtSodqQcP/5+vEme

Entry address:
0x3FBBD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 7F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, C0, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.5800

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

The file playpickle-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://service.downloadadmin.com/download?bc=5813&aid=2009-CM

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