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WinRARSetup-20958618.exe

WinRAR

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 WinRARSetup-20958618.exe by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as WinRAR archiver but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
WinRAR

Version:
3.0.0.99

MD5:
7947c0e6333130e1136d61adbf33bd8e

SHA-1:
0c86d89e6da7e58209d674baf80c2fcbfac72764

SHA-256:
e57a0d5f6defd78331fb6302753b6d75e66bf0b83db1e1bf1983ff8856a54176

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/26/2024 6:31:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.5.2

File size:
960.2 KB (983,208 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.99

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
WinRARSetup-20958618.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winrarsetup-20958618.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 7:59:59 AM

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:
5/13/2015 6:26:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:asL9dtKBGW8IRhPiaGIn9NAm+QU5hGeCrZgz9y2yHHGBi:j9dtKvPjl9cjGlgz8GBi

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:
7.0538

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file WinRARSetup-20958618.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://file.org/.../dl-ai.php?fid=20958618&p=tfsb&a=upd&v=20130408

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