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setup.exe

HD Player

Install Manager

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “HD Player ” by Install Manager has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.ez-downloads.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Install Manager (signed by Install Manager)

Product:

HD Player

Description:

HD Player

Version:

2.0.83.0

MD5:

5effa0b8299105cc5e7eafbc7198c42b

SHA-1:

8051523da2d01b6ae44384279b56c2b88b6f9655

SHA-256:

48657df765af3ccfadaa94e1a08f95a0adf2ecdeb67d4ffe5a8ce945d97e7237

Scanner detections:

31 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:

4/24/2024 2:00:36 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.155900

865

AegisLab AV Signature

AdWare.W32.AirAdInstaller

2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAdInstaller

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.Installer

2014.09.29

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.176.142

avast!

Win32:Adware-BZI [PUP]

2014.9-140922

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3343

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.155900

1.0.20.1325

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-225

0.98/19476

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5492

9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

8.14.09.22.11

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-ad198980

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-22-09_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.155900

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of hd_player.exe (Adware)

2014.12.5.3

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13550

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.2845

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2014.09.22.11

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!D5E91201901F

5600.6999

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Graftor.155900

15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.deblit

0.28.2.62440

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.918936

14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.22.11

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.InstallManager.F

14.9.22.23

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14920

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4665102

33624

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.509

2.0.0.1942

File size:

912.4 KB (934,296 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.83.0

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Manager

Authority:

DigiCert Inc

Valid from:

8/6/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/11/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:

CN=Install Manager, O=Install Manager, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:

06C0BBB90999729C33560EC18A203261

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/19/2014 11:28:49 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:U5jidBzc/kf2gs5VKq2w/Sa+/dxvrAuCmqNe4naobjq6BNhyFRR9HMQHnwU99:U5ufuvg//vFePjTB8RR9HMQHn3D

Entry address:

0x2A24F0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, F0, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, E3, 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:

7.8733

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

848 KB (868,352 bytes)

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

http://download.ez-downloads.com/get/click/.../?uid=2095216295&sid=104196&filename=Setup

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