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Setup.exe

Software Updater

Installer Setup

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 file Setup.exe by Installer Setup 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
2.5.0.23

MD5:
682421922850d8d2698ad08192cd23ae

SHA-1:
26b02ae4db6febcf676940c314438555f869971d

SHA-256:
0993286256ef49ec7d344c31af9af442e8289a86825d0255fa53383f2a38c155

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:
12/25/2024 12:00:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.15.19

File size:
1 MB (1,065,856 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.23

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

Original file name:
Setup.exe

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/19/2014 10:39:24 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x345E20

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, DB, 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:
7.8929

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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