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PrimoPDF

IDC Ventures LLC

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 primo pdf.exe by IDC Ventures 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.program-assist.com.
Publisher:
Download-Assist  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
PrimoPDF

Version:
3.0.0.63

MD5:
1819a66f727af7e7e84a148d457fab99

SHA-1:
b0cdf8cefc69284839853b3f9503f0d194773e54

SHA-256:
bf643eeb58ab355a3b10d454243577a107228ae9897337f734f95809a8b9b7f9

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:
5/11/2024 10:53:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.IDCVentu.Bundler (M)
16.5.21.8

File size:
784.7 KB (803,488 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.63

Copyright:
(c) Download-Assist

Original file name:
primo pdf.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\primo pdf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IDC Ventures LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/25/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/6/2015 4:49:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kfgs8zfYy3or6tZekSG6RlYv1m4UO7cSm09HY6:kfgsqNSG6Yv1m4UecN09J

Entry address:
0x4CD0F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1128

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/b8152820/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/InternationalPrimoPDF.exe&key=87be1ab06dbd29f84cec11e4b7437de961525edbe6219627d7ae907ddc14eddb&sid=PrimoPDF&uid=PrimoPDF&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../primopdf_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../primopdf_p.png&n=PrimoPDF&filename=primo pdf

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