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setup.exe

SpyBot

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 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 patch.oppatch.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Download Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

SpyBot

Version:

3.0.0.88

MD5:

c582a5ca193e81771b7055525c8adb31

SHA-1:

d845ee34b02c36d57865d4a61ae18bc82c335e8c

SHA-256:

817189f2baef936713b08a91e7cc8b5afdd34e00e4fd0c0d29be04ff6e8a57bb

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:

4/26/2024 11:46:14 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)

15.8.17.10

File size:

844.2 KB (864,416 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.88

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 Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

2/16/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/17/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/25/2015 3:56:30 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:UOnFvW1ce/TH6henaXnyO0GLS7iO+37GJ3bY:dW7/ewaXySO753bY

Entry address:

0x126A

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3... 
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Entropy:

7.0616

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

https://patch.oppatch.com/Windows/.../setup.exe

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