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Weather Channel Desktop.exe

Weather Channel Desktop

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 Weather Channel Desktop.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Weather Channel Desktop

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
db7423b76baa8bf8b8e05627c4804cd0

SHA-1:
60224d01aa336258689370d8e71bb9da3a82c407

SHA-256:
3064a0447f3ce8f140edb97f1f29144c3ddf08d041e2455f744bf8beaa88b001

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/27/2024 1:12:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
393

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.05.13

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
2014.9-160107

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
1.0.20.35

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
22090

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.07

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
8.16.01.07.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-07-01_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
16.1.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2016.01.07.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
17.0.0.21

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.07.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M)
16.1.7.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.16105

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
39486

File size:
844.2 KB (864,440 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Weather Channel Desktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\weather channel desktop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 6:59:59 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:
3/14/2015 10:51:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4vF+Xgnc9FxuDpfP7/oZTpE/xFqVdIOofZz/+Va/YAM:IQs2FxutnW6DJfN/cHAM

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:
7.0572

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

The file Weather Channel Desktop.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install.downloadd.org/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../weather-channel.exe&n=Weather Channel Desktop&key=9b0a9c63557e484eed32141f48d0d2e3c19830a44228bf70d4bef3512030967d&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../weather-channel.png&sid=weather&filename=Weather Channel Desktop

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