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minitool partition wizard.exe

MiniTool Partition Wizard

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 minitool partition wizard.exe, “MiniTool Partition Wizard ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.yesdownloads.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
MiniTool Partition Wizard

Description:
MiniTool Partition Wizard

Version:
2.0.7.5

MD5:
474ac34ec95a22d9ac9ac18656a8813e

SHA-1:
38ee013833547e7e1c52654a573558967f4072b3

SHA-256:
320f77be5021187faa8fb2f879c0b70ff00f99dd5d78a8ecf025ed8dee9c0557

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/27/2024 1:23:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Rogue.11466095
7.11.168.134

AVG
Adware BundleApp.DY
2014.0.3986

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Airadinstaller-1
0.98/19299

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirInstaller.B
19266

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5121
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13125

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.08.21.03

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.2.61721

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.08.21.03

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.Z
14.8.21.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14819

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.199
2.0.0.1897

File size:
754.9 KB (773,040 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.7.5

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minitool partition wizard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 5:59:59 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:
5/29/2014 2:51:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VzKnYY9AuSRB2hjeCBAhKhSli+NAL1X1DjXblIJReVI7uQc/HML4z:RIAVie+AhKUiaA5h4oILhL4z

Entry address:
0x25C418

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9361

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,729,024 bytes)

The file minitool partition wizard.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.yesdownloads.com/.../pwhe77.exe

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