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startbutton8-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application startbutton8-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.softreviews.co.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
65c640df554056693f14aef2319da278

SHA-1:
f61f4442d3a93bc8ea9139fcb0df6ff0aabe70b6

SHA-256:
d1b228e707ae3e747ef9133b1be5a9eb3592cf0fe85ac6a4c32faf473f5fd558

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 4:37:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-151106

Dr.Web
Adware.DAdmin.151
9.0.1.0310

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of flashplayerpro-setup.exe
2015.11.6.6

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin.Bundler (M)
15.9.11.17

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B577CD42
7.2.310

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
75.7 MB (79,401,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\startbutton8-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2014 8:35:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xGTMPnoeqScs3iYzYozyaBJ80xy8yp66R2r/fpn+g5oL7FzL:xGTMQeq/sSBkPn80xypf6HwRJ

Entry address:
0x3341

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1499

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file startbutton8-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=1082442&source=google&c=SoftRev_StartButton8_CCROW&geo

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