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tidyview-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 tidyview-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadster.org.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9fdaa548dde7ae343ae25fb38f3f3b3c

SHA-1:
5c319ad4155b8225c4a952adba6c8bb415cec0b3

SHA-256:
ee0a81502fa8eec441da55f25677e3815c5b8684bad0058a1c8d8b69c3d763b0

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
4/29/2024 3:35:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/DownloadAd.CK
7.11.106.50

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.80
9.0.1.0100

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.A.Gen
8.8886

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.O
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.93

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-DownloadAdmin
10675

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
22166

File size:
829.9 KB (849,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2013 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
29529B0D185F8525A92A866D4A38DA3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PdSNu2lc2/5kP2J4+sJ4sEL1jjs+THx3IIxa2Qa:Pshx5k84+yDEL1jjtTH54pa

Entry address:
0x3F6BD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 7F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, C0, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.5360

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadster.org/download?bc=233&aid=Google

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