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aipackagechainer.exe

Setup

Secure Installer Inc

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 aipackagechainer.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install Setup.” by Secure Installer Inc 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.
Publisher:
Company Name  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Setup

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install Setup.

Version:
1.0.0

MD5:
99e020e1f040dc6caa22857608b979a3

SHA-1:
f14e0078d751bc09869e9ae36a59614b5d182a67

SHA-256:
f49c898dfa67048d5ebc409f103fabdce1417abf3648d1f958236cba252952d4

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:
4/18/2025 2:04:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.SecureInstaller.Installer (M)
16.2.12.5

File size:
279 KB (285,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015 Company Name

Original file name:
aipackagechainer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\aipackagechainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Secure Installer Inc, L=Montevideo, S=Montevideo, C=UY

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:
758FA9E134C3AC63F6587F4C4D976651

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2014 10:47:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:xklW+GHKFcY3KH/6gfJLPkPmV8O0WUJXNeJxnX:x4WzHmKH/ffJzkPG8nJAH

Entry address:
0x16FF2

Entry point:
E8, B5, 58, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 8B, 4C, 24, 08, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 3C, 8B, 02, 3A, 01, 75, 2E, 0A, C0, 74, 26, 3A, 61, 01, 75, 25, 0A, E4, 74, 1D, C1, E8, 10, 3A, 41, 02, 75, 19, 0A, C0, 74, 11, 3A, 61, 03, 75, 10, 83, C1, 04, 83, C2, 04, 0A, E4, 75, D2, 8B, FF, 33, C0, C3, 90, 1B, C0, D1, E0, 83, C0, 01, C3, F7, C2, 01, 00, 00, 00, 74, 18, 8A, 02, 83, C2, 01, 3A, 01, 75, E7, 83, C1, 01, 0A, C0, 74, DC, F7, C2, 02, 00, 00, 00, 74, A4, 66, 8B, 02, 83, C2, 02...
 
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Code size:
152.5 KB (156,160 bytes)

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