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skype_setup.exe

DownloadManager.exe

Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application skype_setup.exe, “Setup ” by Optimum Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.oi-installer1.com.

File name:

skype_setup.exe

Publisher:

ADK Apps (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:

DownloadManager.exe

Description:

Setup

Version:

2.1.15

MD5:

df53ce109bf459d287eb2bf8d7475e8d

SHA-1:

58497d213d05d4c183c73f3e4f4b8b76d2f147f3

SHA-256:

eb67db4eecca7ef987eb2fdd19423589c2c46b2c2365f7bcf3028e40518349db

Scanner detections:

1 / 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:

4/25/2024 10:55:43 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge.OptimumInstaller.Installer (M)

16.2.24.9

File size:

669.8 KB (685,864 bytes)

Product version:

2.1.15

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\skype_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Optimum Installer

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/10/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/7/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

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:

7C5F27B776ADBBB7943F700066A490BF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/9/2013 2:41:11 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:2exhH6HiUVUEPVCWpj7Vy5bwmF6KpvoI+QcGcf7S5DGbJpgUeVG3:2uV6HiUVTPVCWuwmFNvoI7cjSdGYUqW

Entry address:

0x4D4E5

Entry point:

E8, DE, C9, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 57, CA, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, FF, 35, 54, 99, 49, 00, E8, F6, 38, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 23, 91, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 56, CD, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 37, CC, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 53, 56, 57, 33, FF, 3B, D7, 74, 07, 8B, 5D, 0C, 3B, DF, 77, 1E, E8, 9B, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, BF, AF, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14... 
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Entropy:

6.4191

Code size:

424.5 KB (434,688 bytes)

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

http://secure.oi-installer1.com/o/.../Skype_Setup.exe

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