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the weather channel desktop setup.exe

The Weather Channel Desktop 2016

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 the weather channel desktop 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 software.softwarerotate3.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
The Weather Channel Desktop 2016

Version:
3.0.0.155

MD5:
850fe8c482f53817922d20bbec7a1013

SHA-1:
9970abd87f492ff80ece3b1e2f9c398f4658ae39

SHA-256:
0be8fd321aa79e50c9bd895564f431518140d615529ecf7615037f0438626598

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:
6/20/2025 5:12:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.5.21.7

File size:
1.1 MB (1,189,360 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.155

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\the weather channel desktop setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/2/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/1/2017 4:59:59 PM

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:
088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yxGpag1eMeT3CQUT6161w3VG8owtHua0MotBWjEJakx:3sieMeAQb3VHowtHQPtBWjEJakx

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9855

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://software.softwarerotate3.com/v2/click/bfvd2rty/?d=http://cdn.downloadfree2.com/software/theweatherchanneldesktop.exe&n=The Weather Channel Desktop 2016&icon=http://www.mcdownloader.com/.../theweatherchanneldesktop32.ico&key=19c97c86799c26b89ffb9e17681ab73a66086b7ef810d1e4c413c695c88717b9&affiliate_image=http://www.mcdownloader.com/.../theweatherchanneldesktop40.png&product_image=http://www.mcdownloader.com/.../theweatherchanneldesktop85.png&filename=The Weather Channel Desktop Setup&sid=McD-Y-USA-theweatherchanneldesktop-

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