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air privacy shield.exe

MetaInstaller

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application air privacy shield.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.wnitahelzs.com.
Publisher:
LiveSoftAction  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
MetaInstaller

Version:
10.6.3.0

MD5:
517382ff107fc7556216eda854983209

SHA-1:
fa766216eeaa3cc43de46969d9b382f2f19a11c3

SHA-256:
24dd62475eeb0608c110fbd01c448b3e9c3671c4590f7e21bd7d4a8ddcf2e375

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 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:
11/5/2024 9:44:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.LiveSoft.Bundler (M)
16.3.29.17

File size:
602.4 KB (616,848 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.3.0

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoftAction. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\air privacy shield.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction SRL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2015 8:08:38 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 8:08:38 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, S=Bucuresti, C=RO

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:
00E5EF1873B1E13477

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2016 1:24:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:12lsEzJO9D23VnzykQ3kLzMCo2ulfm/HRk3Kwu2/g:12lsCJO9DSzTpMC6OZk3K12/g

Entry address:
0x4B265

Entry point:
E8, 01, D3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, F6, 74, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F6, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, EA, D9, FF, FF, C7, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 3C, 0F, AF, 75, 10, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 74, 09, 53, E8, 31, 68, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F8, 56, 53, E8, 0A, F4, FF, FF, 8B, D8, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 15, 3B, FE, 73, 11, 2B, F7, 56, 8D, 04, 1F, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 12, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, C3, 5B, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.6746

Code size:
401.5 KB (411,136 bytes)

The file air privacy shield.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.wnitahelzs.com/api/.../setup.exe

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