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flashplayer_updater.exe

Pour Over Digital

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application flashplayer_updater.exe by Pour Over Digital 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Adobe Flash Player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Pour Over Digital  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pour Over Digital

Version:
93.5.6.9130

MD5:
fb64497b07834520f63906c293d9d1fb

SHA-1:
cbbbe44c46367ab564fe931a1ffab1ff62c24116

SHA-256:
4d2ca63e71d6c9333834074ba955b4680c5dfc2d6ae52d0d00a25f330c6e4d35

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:
4/19/2024 8:50:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.2.9.4

File size:
869 KB (889,880 bytes)

Product version:
93.5.6.9130

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pour Over Digital

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 8:03:38 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 10:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Pour Over Digital, O=Pour Over Digital, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
008CC8B56C38E87874

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 5:03:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x207B

Entry point:
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Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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