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TomTom_HOME.exe

TomTom HOME

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 TomTom_HOME.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from analytics.freewareflow.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
TomTom HOME

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
ba211871c9effd72b2ae8d8acf6120f5

SHA-1:
56e5a659b970409835882c083485847c1969ee49

SHA-256:
1a988341a246c1fe2e322deffb0a4584bd48808c48c96b20fe968f74baf0fbc3

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 4:50:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.03.27

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
2014.9-160129

AVG
Potentially harmful program DownloadAssistant.A
2017.0.2849

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
21770

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.029

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.181023
11.2016-29-01_6

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadHelper.dpgylc
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.1.29.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.16127

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
38552

File size:
844.2 KB (864,432 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
TomTom_HOME.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\tomtom_home.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 3:59:59 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:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2015 7:54:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zkWFrX4QESZBRhmrx6iMW+9iCEj8Woh+A:wW9oQjjmrhBKiCk8MA

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0567

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://analytics.freewareflow.com/v2/click/e2aafbec/?d=http://download.tomtom.com/sweet/application/home2latest/TomTomHOME2winlatest.exe&key=e021a0942527fc554041ed17ea1a8f91491b2efb7f5ade11376721142701ec1f&sid=USA-TTH-GGL&uid=&affiliate_image=http://.../yUdXNKO.png&product_image=http://.../yqWAGZU.png&n=TomTom HOME&filename=TomTom_HOME

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