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openoffice-impress.aptcspgwbas01.78.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 openoffice-impress.aptcspgwbas01.78.exe by Download Admin 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 Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
66642762df11b3602837d789386514c6

SHA-1:
94f49695cd6ba0a104bf238f72f9f213c7646846

SHA-256:
664b1445ece886133c0fd3c699ca19b107268c93495882ba12a41fc485b2293d

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 is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:14:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.11.22.11

File size:
3.5 MB (3,622,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openoffice-impress.aptcspgwbas01.78.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2009 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2010 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0B3C4C63AB2E7D3D56CCC830179F66F0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2008 3:28:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:vgT9kRgjGEJly8E1o60mUwmQ6vWLXQIiHQcFlRFdwDJXsMGwejdmMKdIly09FZ2a:vkaEH41d0LwmLEQIQQNmMGwejdm5A9W

Entry address:
0x30E3

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 58, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, 23, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 90, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, DA, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, C8, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9989

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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