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Adobe Flash Player

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 setup.exe, “Adobe Flash Player ” by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Description:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
3.0.0.13

MD5:
ecfa005ca9a3c6ac4f70eab488838446

SHA-1:
2c297bf904eceb9a2edcbbd02be47a902ba73a89

SHA-256:
f2b0a0a4910d9867291d8483b362b3a7e4c294065cff6d44ffdeebf3d5205f84

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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 4:31:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.FX
551

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.202.118

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150803

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3029

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.FX
1.0.20.1075

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.34
9.0.1.0215

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.FX
8.15.08.03.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-9949dfbf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.FX
11.2015-03-08_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.FX
15.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of install_flashplayer.exe (Adware)
2015.9.8.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14280

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2015.08.03.05

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.FX
16.0.0.645

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Conduit.dhhkky
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Application.Bundler.FX
11.20150803

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.08.03.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
15.8.3.1

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.13

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.MFfaER
37.0.11262

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.Klon.Win32.1246
2.0.0.2001

File size:
867.9 KB (888,680 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.13

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}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

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:
9/18/2014 6:10:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7/61EbipgiXMqz0HBSvwke4MLx1sE+QuEAeK35J0:7/61ECgiDzNvwkbOx1SQuEf

Entry address:
0x49C7F

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, 60, F4, 49, 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:
7.1978

Code size:
451 KB (461,824 bytes)

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