installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe

Adobe Flash Player

Installer Setup

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 installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe by Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Adobe Flash Player

Version:
2.5.0.21

MD5:
53b1828ae53c05c95a7b3e487b3686e1

SHA-1:
69a34066671ec75f0236272f74f724ff95e0a58c

SHA-256:
23c24220352395595b010f3c44ce811e15609ab8d9abf718cef0efa8e89d1928

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/25/2024 5:17:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
353

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Installer
2014.12.28

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-160216

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2831

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
1.0.20.235

Clam AntiVirus
Heuristics.Trojan.Swizzor.Gen
0.98/19730

Dr.Web
Adware.Iminent.4
9.0.1.047

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
8.16.02.16.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-16-02_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15197

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstall
v2016.02.16.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
17.0.0.141

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Iminent.djreap
0.28.6.63850

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
16.02.16.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.InstallerSetup (M)
16.2.16.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
34232

File size:
1 MB (1,065,368 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.21

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

Original file name:
installer_adobe_flash_player_English.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/15/2014 3:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NeoeR2///ES6U3122qr/0noH3DBRMvF5FN7HF5ol6o:NeoeReEr7DDBRO5fFi

Entry address:
0x345CE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, DB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8959

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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