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Quicktime

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 quicktime.exe, “Quicktime ” by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. 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 Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Quicktime

Description:
Quicktime

Version:
3.0.0.45

MD5:
47fc5c65ef21f47864c06f1d7f059c24

SHA-1:
8f8091b2df4c188aaa9c08823e142723ced723a3

SHA-256:
2f12bed7ea0490bfd366fa4c7e014c6d4d7744bc243648a8a257fca603c74a70

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:20:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3240

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
1.0.20.15

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
15.01.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814525

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.01.03.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.49704
16.0.0.9

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.03.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAssistant.J
15.1.3.12

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.OcTGPYD
37.0.11366

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36340

File size:
832.3 KB (852,320 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.45

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2014 7:33:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7tA7DFh7016hI38k4ew1LBSj4wtm/1J0qQi:50ZI3g7LB64wAJD

Entry address:
0x4C6AF

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, E0, 3D, 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:
7.0641

Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/18a7551f/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/quicktime.exe&key=c49410ebeeffdde8284aeefe5f75a9331b17089a66ebc076f5cd21001475fd3d&sid=uk-Quicktime&uid=uk-Quicktime&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../quicktime-logo_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../quicktime-logo_p.png&n=Quicktime&filename=Quicktime

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