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setup.exe

SoftZipper

Download Manager

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 setup.exe by Download Manager 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 files.downloadsfornow.com.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

Product:
SoftZipper

Version:
2.5.0.34

MD5:
663174b780661112f2442ebe6c253797

SHA-1:
0379c753ad93a08589c0ad7a10c0452b6c33bf66

SHA-256:
53b1e99085f6d69985be07f561705c5dd13723e02a7540fd685a953c7e09449a

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
12/27/2024 6:32:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
6480224

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2015.01.30

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.205.232

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3214

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
1.0.20.145

Comodo Security
Packed.Win32.MUPX.Gen
20892

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9693
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
15.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14803

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.01.29.06

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
16.0.0.87

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Air Software
15.1.29.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36694

File size:
1 MB (1,085,160 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.34

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2015 9:55:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jCLxq2iw5lmu4b7/WNVD1MxbUkSWx2Ji0vJBOiNi2mfXC96Liq:jc7dli01QQhTOEibfS96Lf

Entry address:
0x358CA0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 65, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, DA, 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:
7.8932

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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

http://files.downloadsfornow.com/v1.5/click/.../

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