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RealPlayer_Setup.exe

RealPlayer

Download Helper

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 RealPlayer_Setup.exe by Download Helper 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download RealPlayer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
RealPlayer

Version:
3.0.0.74

MD5:
454434aceb154ad8350f48d934b8ed82

SHA-1:
45033053801b13c440e8a0e27b51e31f3ea71574

SHA-256:
25270cefdacd5a4ff82706aafee9b46caaf936eb860f515ba878cee60bdbd25b

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:
5/21/2024 12:18:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.7.10.9

File size:
788.3 KB (807,232 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.74

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

Original file name:
RealPlayer_Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, 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:
4263E777B200F4E7A16FDB1764B87576

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/2/2015 9:10:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UBs6ZFH2p+hY3SJKZUSh8wV1EzoVI5PZm42eBB5/RTVI:UC6IvPZUSh8wV1EzoVOZm42I5/k

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

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, 40, 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:
7.1183

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

http://v.evdls.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/RealPlayer.exe&sid=RealPlayer-US&uid=1449373&key=b2505ff62dfddfc452a15f409393c60a379541c86080741db2a5c8457ff3eea4&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=RealPlayer&filename=RealPlayer_Setup

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