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officenow_setup.exe

OfficeNow

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 officenow_setup.exe by Air Software 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.trustydownloads.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
OfficeNow

Version:
2.0.3.47

MD5:
af916b15cd0a1791ad89a9fbfb90c73c

SHA-1:
13ddfb379ea81d24bf669912c413e67fc24e500d

SHA-256:
8a59076f5c4a3afdc211a14d1bd569c515c3a6f99710664624dc033f625bff2d

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 '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 12:33:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftw.Bundler (M)
16.4.7.12

File size:
2.1 MB (2,236,488 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.3.47

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\officenow_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 11:59:59 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:
2/20/2013 10:36:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:kNsc5zaWU1Skl6UiTUalrT6fFUFGCur3KIo1w3qf/OkEMnSwfvK3ddAwzorY:kWi7U1Skl6UiBlreUFGCuGIo1w3m2kEp

Entry address:
0x150887

Entry point:
E8, 8A, 94, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, BD, 5E, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 11, 95, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, A8, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 7F, 97, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 8A, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, A5, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4984

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,601,024 bytes)

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

http://files.trustydownloads.com/get/click/.../?filename=OfficeNow_Setup

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