mahjong_setup.exe

Mahjong

Air Software

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 mahjong_setup.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.trustydownloads.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Mahjong

Version:
2.0.4.0

MD5:
d69cec8b29e2390034b04c54cf37833b

SHA-1:
5bc9a79f3c1af0d0c7f60d1b68cff82c778cec72

SHA-256:
f7f268c936df93c16673da33f7d7e38d83e4dad4dd8c3d7cd9e652cd41375bcd

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/27/2024 12:55:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2014.07.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.140.88

avast!
Win32:Installer-L [PUP]
2014.9-140806

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
18025

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4643
9.0.1.0218

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)
8.9617

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.A8.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.28.1

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AirInst
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11613

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3441

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2014.09.14.06

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cxsehk
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1114024
14.04.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.08.06.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5
8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.N
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14804

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
27892

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.102
2.0.0.1773

File size:
1.1 MB (1,114,016 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.0

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\mahjong_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
6/19/2013 11:48:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YoqBJMLHYCDly/JxJ90gvRyvbCuAaqmHogrhZxkpzDJEmvfob1n:YarYVRxJ9bvobCunogt81DJjg

Entry address:
0x24F7B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, EB, 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, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.7643

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
1 MB (1,097,728 bytes)

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

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