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wrar511.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 wrar511.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 file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downloadwizard.com.
Publisher:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
WinRAR

Version:
3.0.0.61

MD5:
d5329b1cd44da85625a0305785e3ff9a

SHA-1:
3964633d93add06772582e7ec6825bbbd3b83dd3

SHA-256:
b0d2106ae7abe58922b0ce7e709cd1d327ba2cc1a40f25575dd64d2484251c83

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:
5/6/2024 5:35:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.8

File size:
783.7 KB (802,504 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.61

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
wrar511.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wrar511.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/22/2014 11:20:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pNlLp1zdnY029Ve01uh1eWT8/0Ngani6aAKQZl3Mu65aSf8Pp43xoJpYEUpObRDs:rdcVe01ubfe0Mz8r65643xoJpXDQH

Entry address:
0x4CC8F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1124

The file wrar511.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.downloadwizard.com/v2/click/eae09561/?d=http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar511.exe&key=ec41e749fea7663e0483624e24e5e8b03048cfb8d30150ee514997e8dbed8e4e&sid=winrar-us&uid=&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://www.downloadwizard.com/.../logo_winrar_live.jpg&n=WinRAR&filename=wrar511

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