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tricksandtreats-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 tricksandtreats-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.freega.me and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
038b557f944959719812a84936de3510

SHA-1:
56a863b98b693e9a27afcc43827ca9fd0078625b

SHA-256:
35bde5429c6982a4b9b58ab0ca597cdc395293ba88f398f9177fe78089602271

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/18/2024 5:52:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0257

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9554

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.28.3

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.09.14.08

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.58491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.V
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK/RDM!5.1
23.00.65.14912

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Artemis
10360

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
27490

File size:
75.7 MB (79,392,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 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:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2xpJu7vR2NeOwceBPj7VJgmMqNAxZgqkPmgyvv4e+MyN69qds3VPa1HVhk+:Cp473Ox07R3qNTwtM4ndsFCfh/

Entry address:
0x333B

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, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1326

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file tricksandtreats-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.freega.me/download/.../dl?s=google&c=category&brand=Freega.me&pid=TR&bc=580149&country=US&cb=785445017

http://files5.freega.me/dl?bc=580149&geo

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