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Spotify

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 spotify.exe, “Spotify ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
DownloadManagercerts   (signed by Download Manager)

Product:
Spotify

Description:
Spotify

Version:
2.0.44.0

MD5:
cb4adc3eef7518f0f6462759b2b455de

SHA-1:
e49572dd788e29797b8079555e1392e872462b97

SHA-256:
3edac24c4e2f7ce52777a49a7c47e90b7a1c84c5d492360e727bcc04024a4017

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/15/2024 7:22:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
877

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.171.176

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140911

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2015.0.3355

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
1.0.20.1270

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
19148

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5375
9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
8.14.09.11.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-8c0ea402
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
11.2014-11-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.4.13

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.12998

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.09.11.11

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!1B8CE3795BA5
5600.6957

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
15.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ddthut
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.11.04.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadManager.H
14.10.1.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14909

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.394
2.0.0.1917

File size:
898.9 KB (920,440 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.44.0

Copyright:
(c) DownloadManagercerts

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\spotify.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/7/2014 4:53:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Wb12XCHyGvKeB545hhdYn2KEAdSKM1YSMltXCQBsrxrBp:WjHyUl5EhjYnnEi21YdNKlBp

Entry address:
0x296630

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, 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:
7.8735

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
832 KB (851,968 bytes)

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