puzzlezone-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 puzzlezone-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.mirror1.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7a06bc58b6b0f5ba4d1a15e88e23e0d9

SHA-1:
6fb95deeeff05c89ee1504cfb6832c6a99baefa1

SHA-256:
31102eb58956abb3914b2fb742fb818549b0b41bff90b964590815e63bc7fd80

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/25/2024 6:47:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.165.138

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6650
0.98/19265

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0218

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9579

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-06-08_4

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.28.2

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.08.06.05

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.58491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.Q
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10438

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
27684

File size:
741.7 KB (759,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 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 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PxpJ8w51xLA7jyEnDFQQJGFX2DWhK8fhbmPYLrB5VkRw:ZpiwBc9nkFXiWhKKF3lP

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4098

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file puzzlezone-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 24 URLs.

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