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wordinstaller.exe

Download Manager

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 wordinstaller.exe by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0b1ad7156ada403e4ea28ec0e2bea269

SHA-1:
2efb9a7c441fa93c3f6a9fe5f2b0f67beddbb538

SHA-256:
dc67e172ac17be9a174c5c60b9db7886373a768bb4b59e90cb77b09979b81b0a

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/23/2024 8:23:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of zip softwareinstaller.exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadManager.N
14.9.20.23

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R06H1DB
7.2.337

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.InstallCore
3.12.20.2

File size:
500.3 KB (512,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wordinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
5/26/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, STREET=26 York Street, L=London, S=Westminster, PostalCode=W1U 6PZ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
7A29EA7E77DAC7B65FC20ECCCB2D8A3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZjHLJis3H1bv+sScbEay+NbtnRwQqrR7x2MMjJzKMFWce:ZHN13Z+sScoayKbtn3q97x21jVvte

Entry address:
0x30600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 42, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, FD, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9953

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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

https://www.download-free.com/download.php?software=word-processor&path=iwantthis

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