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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 software.softwaredownloadguru.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Pop Up Blocker

Version:

3.0.0.136

MD5:

ab079ea1bdf436ec346ca9f0b25fc72a

SHA-1:

cecfd5b8dd2225cdefc1084cb663c63a7b198779

SHA-256:

ce609a045e15e483f109fd128b3c6e1327c3a3241799e875063ef11216353128

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:

5/31/2024 11:01:43 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software (M)

16.8.2.12

File size:

1.1 MB (1,199,928 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.136

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

12/2/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/3/2017 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:

04A6D3440F1D06EE9CA4CE2B30C76606

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 4:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:wxGmQkC6XYHFGgSg8Ipqb8SBvAlDBy4Ujnr3OIO:VpuYHzBT9hErI

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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Entropy:

6.9220

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file pop up blocker setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.softwaredownloadguru.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/popupblocker.exe&n=Pop Up Blocker&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/popupblocker/.../aidesktop.ico&key=9d2ab3cd782e02c0e4e535b53d44e42ff903b68a08fe8ad084095c9b1e06a556&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=DT-Y--USA-PopUpBlocker-

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