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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:
3.0.0.93

MD5:
1ec322213f4ab576bd9fe04bb073269a

SHA-1:
6d1b58a1b30db1545ce217e759cb560bd68ee6fa

SHA-256:
c32b03e396d3a59ebe4e312e312289872c2ae9432a654fe8c9209aaa8c814d7e

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
8/4/2025 9:49:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
5807185

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.05.13

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKC [PUP]
150319-1

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
1.0.20.660

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAssistant.S
22090

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.5.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.05.12.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.5
16.0.0.396

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.12.02

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Air Software.Bundler
15.5.12.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15510

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
39486

File size:
958.2 KB (981,176 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.93

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:
4/23/2015 10:13:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2yQB0oeiVK1tcBLrMP7Nwm4N8+/bthoetIEliMwlXcu4:/g0oeiVMgLrKmmc4su4

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 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:
7.0509

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://download.down1oad.org/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://down1oad.org/.../weather-channel.exe&n=Weather Channel Desktop&key=fa0ba434bacb7a7dc97996b16388a3674fa9ca88e375ecf31873776eb3122d44&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://down1oad.org/.../weather-channel.png&sid=weather&filename=Weather Channel Desktop

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