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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 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a1555f9e2773ac113fb389340a39e0f1

SHA-1:
f9e6995a5c28fd5aeb40b9c015efac2d169a3489

SHA-256:
8ddacae9bdc9e217be0c024f6727f8210ef55ee89433e273964343ceea2cf752

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 12:10:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.165.146

avast!
Adware-OH [Adw]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3390

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.OCK
19105

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0218

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9596

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

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 7zip-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.28.2

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.08.06.07

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.58720

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.V
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14925

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
27750

File size:
792.5 KB (811,528 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:
Download Admin

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:bxpJgJzNGqv7K8sobvmEenOnseuE6FkhGS3piBN:1p23jDK8R7enOnb3GB

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:
7.4620

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 3 URLs.

http://cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com/download/.../dl?s=kitara&c=ch&brand=puzzlezone.com&pid=Kitara&aid=1591us&bc=616469&v.url=em3lap713muo5hvhot41l2i8k6&country=US&cb=-1215126734

http://files4.mirror7.net/download/.../dl?s=kitara&c=ch&brand=puzzlezone.com&pid=Kitara&aid=1591us&bc=616469&v.url=em3lap713muo5hvhot41l2i8k6&country=US&cb=-1215126734

http://files5.mirror7.net/dl?bc=616469&aid=1591-us&v.url=em3lap713muo5hvhot41l2i8k6&c=ch

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