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SPYBOT.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 SPYBOT.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Spybot - Search & Destroy but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
SPYBOT

Version:
3.0.0.60

MD5:
e50a1e85487330752b3bfaeccb64b53f

SHA-1:
2ac8348e0b5b0837457e34665af98e76ca52d954

SHA-256:
ee5803291a680a57bb15b6fe67ea2061d8a38eb6a3ae0d5dcc9f23e1b1be2c00

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/19/2024 8:42:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3264

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadAssistant
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2014.12.10.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAssistant.G
14.12.10.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

File size:
783.9 KB (802,712 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.60

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
SPYBOT.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spybot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 5:55:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rlr21xKpH69CnyeufYUKGD35mU80ZFlTC8uqzeseFF2wBM2Ap44lhz6kmoyUxywa:rp2syeufYUbVhZnJGFk44XzlBywPa

Entry address:
0x4CC9F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1227

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/b8152820/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/spybotsd162.exe&key=82ae46e51acf069bc562ed62bc6827b84a19c13e9a8ff1bc4c53c407c19c5ac9&sid=SPYBOT&uid=SPYBOT&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../spybot_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../spybot_p.png&n=SPYBOT&filename=SPYBOT

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