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AirInstaller.exe

Download Manager

Air Software

It uses the Air Installer distribution platform (a pay-per-install monetization download manager) to bundle unwanted software such as adware and browser toolbars during setup. The application AirInstaller.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.zipdownloader.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Download Manager

Version:
2.0.4.12

MD5:
8b2c61c1fb74f2d0aab0b477c9bc01e2

SHA-1:
bd116cff8f3de72f8cefbc08ce103f7045081525

SHA-256:
5fc63e1f294d1e79ab1a37b6769533ef958e5cc8617f64c2e3f0cb77fd21188b

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
11/27/2024 1:36:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.AirSoftware.M
2013.8.2.11

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.M
14.8.7.18

File size:
804.4 KB (823,720 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.12

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AirInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\airinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
3AC786E09219DF82DA830E461D4FC39F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/30/2013 12:39:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x251290

Code size:
768 KB (786,432 bytes)

The file AirInstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.zipdownloader.com/get/click/.../?filename=Setup

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