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openofficesuite-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 openofficesuite-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. 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:
902194d2afde77ee777be7390e23e15e

SHA-1:
7d7f02a644b555c46bff8801f6612ee9038dea3f

SHA-256:
f1eb168ec96e729d1f514d272635496023c0742a35f5dfa4d941f62f7125ff85

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/28/2024 3:22:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
15.06.19

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0170

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
9.9746

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of horizon-setup276.exe (Adware)
2015.6.19.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11951

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin.A
v2015.06.19.12

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.59608

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Tightrope
15.3.12.14

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
28756

File size:
75.8 MB (79,447,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 6:59:59 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 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:YxpJxaVCq4p9h0m4Ch9dE8Ygdx7UhOmD5cYAHuEymtiln78S6P4O:8p/aVAp9h0m449ssx7iOmtc9OE/X

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:
0.1427

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file openofficesuite-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://files4.openoffice.us.com/download/.../dl?s=msn&c=Srch_US_OpenOffice_us_Suite_BM&brand=openoffice.us.com&pid=TR&bc=845397&country=US&cb=406441084

http://files4.openoffice.us.com/download/.../dl?s=msn&c=Srch_US_OpenOffice_us_Suite_BM&brand=openoffice.us.com&pid=TR&bc=845397&country=US&cb=1351405423

http://files5.openoffice.us.com/dl?bc=845397&geo

http://files4.freedownloads.us.com/download/.../dl?s=google&c=FreeD_OOSuite_CCUS_All&brand=freedownloads.us.com&pid=TR&bc=962974&country=US&cb=1719854855

http://files5.freedownloads.us.com/dl?bc=962974

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