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Samsung Kies

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 samsung kies setup.exe, “Samsung Kies ” by Download Assistant 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 software.onedownloader.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Samsung Kies

Description:
Samsung Kies

Version:
3.0.0.24

MD5:
93393b40903ad4e4be5ae249fe8e1024

SHA-1:
8612a8ad14d81776f910d82a93f2085910426d1c

SHA-256:
abc86549dc5c8ea691998a6022565296596e006e5c8f2036eba45de0da8a3340

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 '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:
4/30/2024 5:50:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.28.5

File size:
886.3 KB (907,616 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.24

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\samsung kies setup.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:
10/6/2014 10:57:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wOf6bQl8CqETla+mf8qxh0WbS/fu0aY66Lv54yu:wOfsCBlakutbS/fuq66L+b

Entry address:
0x4A22F

Entry point:
E8, 6E, 07, 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, 00, 07, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, D1, 07, 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:
7.2133

Code size:
452.5 KB (463,360 bytes)

The file samsung kies setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software.onedownloader.com/v2/click/288028bb/?d=http://www.onedownloader.com/.../samsungkies.exe&n=Samsung Kies&key=b9d2c59daa3b9a3f01f92c389047be63e96deb7ba0e5dab330b58acf91f3b675&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://www.onedownloader.com/.../installimage.jpg&filename=Samsung Kies Setup&sid=binguk-samsungkies- kies samsung---

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