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gimp-setup.exe

Download Admin

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 gimp-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.getgimp.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3fef768e262dab442650221c3a5c8442

SHA-1:
a5c82226200038c5ee687c4b1cb855673b89cce5

SHA-256:
8c612b61b41205c7b310b8889afbb3f2307ccfb14ff23bcd78a70a93876d4907

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
7/4/2025 5:07:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.TTK
18263

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9791

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.08.07.08

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.59826

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.K
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
29150

File size:
75.8 MB (79,453,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gimp-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nxpJ36GT+05hxBsW167JerwFx2mV+GbElwHFIC5b+q5V9J2ghrNUcRnb8b:xpB6obnN17wYGbrIczlhrH

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1439

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gimp-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.getgimp.com/download/.../dl?s=google&c=Getgimp_US_Broad&variation=control&brand=getgimp&pid=TR&bc=6542&country=US&cb=1592143075

http://files4.getgimp.com/download/.../dl?s=google&c=Getgimp_US_Broad&variation=control&brand=getgimp&pid=TR&bc=6542&country=US&cb=-560674227

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