openoffice.exe

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 openoffice.exe, “OpenOffice Setup ” 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OpenOffice   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
OpenOffice

Description:
OpenOffice Setup

Version:
1.0

MD5:
590965a774eb79963ce808c1a60039f3

SHA-1:
fcb5d8a48ceae34adbc3aceb6354351446724f79

SHA-256:
0ec2cd9a0464d53344ed71f30fed8bb939630a17de70c1eca2db50154426dd4a

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 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:
12/26/2024 4:53:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.K
14.9.11.7

File size:
426.5 KB (436,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © OpenOffice 2011-2012

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/26/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/26/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, O=Air Software, STREET=185-911 Yates St., STREET="Suite #327", L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8V4Y9, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C3BFAFF5374660A208126E655CBD3E13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:E/na4krClqaR4piuq3mFG5uKB0ry+wvU0U6ddG+EFI4+Mj85A79hIqNb4PnP0l:8na9r7+4pIuNWvlQzYShIqNbqP0

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9216

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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