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Adobe PDF Reader

Download Manager

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 PDF Reader ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadd.org.
Publisher:
Download Manager   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Adobe PDF Reader

Description:
Adobe PDF Reader

Version:
2.0.6.0

MD5:
fd79a366522ad7d797bad35167153cee

SHA-1:
62df07b7f4645f78bdcf354d45faf418f87aab7a

SHA-256:
d3e449f671f38498fd707f551f4663a387d7ae043edba5239ccf7d70b6bdea9d

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 2:57:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.142.186

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140411

AVG
BundleApp_r.D
2015.0.3508

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4902
9.0.1.0101

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)
8.9665

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11737

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.04.11.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadManager.F
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14409

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
28194

File size:
852.4 KB (872,880 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.6.0

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/8/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Manager, L=Vancouver, 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:
428E8B7C1AC548D083F4D3A0C5FDAF4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/2014 7:13:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1DILtRX60Rx7xaYu6OnRr9nW3HzovUkKM1KfrdmZH1zWOW+t29hhhnc3Ezv25:1Dg6SxQHRpWXzPknK4ZVzW44T1e5

Entry address:
0x26CFB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 5A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, E5, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8720

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
788 KB (806,912 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/dpcp6181/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../adobereader.exe&n=Adobe PDF Reader&key=56ac3b1eef2a3c54c9b52b765e8d2f93a2e842f6fa21b8099d389df17349b8e3&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../adobereader.png&sid=uk-adobereader&filename=Adobe PDF Reader

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