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Pop Up Blocker Setup.exe

Pop Up Blocker

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 Pop Up Blocker Setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downtoad.com.
Publisher:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Pop Up Blocker

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
b9fcc79944ffbb2786318a9943ac2ea6

SHA-1:
5d4790f9ec43c3117691d3c0dcd2c5b24fc67348

SHA-256:
e418cd61af0a77f22753a9643ab4f5504966ea7d8387f3b6366c853fd2998991

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 '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:
5/14/2024 4:20:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.24.10

File size:
844.2 KB (864,424 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Pop Up Blocker Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pop up blocker setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 3:59:59 PM

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:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/11/2015 3:03:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:u/VUo0GmPAWNF2zuNqx7viJ2D8TvJBztnQmPkifPu/WmhhfLM7ctaqpSfq+z2dr:u/VAAi2yWGJTTRZtBrf2OqjUctZoqcAr

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0577

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

The file Pop Up Blocker Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.downtoad.com/v2/click/f5n53siy/?d=http://www.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/popupblocker.exe&n=Pop Up Blocker&key=913deb908267853a2fdfa0f9888eb34e74cce1e9ddffd1d0abe4e2b669a165d1&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/popupblocker/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/popupblocker/.../installsplash.png&filename=Pop Up Blocker Setup&sid=Bing2-USA-PopUpBlocker-

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