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Setup.exe

7-Zip

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 file 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
96e3cef81f07678bb9aa70c3baeb15bf

SHA-1:
36ec67387702388564e50c24a29abfd46e40e6df

SHA-256:
cfdca9d54c49734e3fbc1ff7cfe9501853257bd700371c4a2a3188a3d05f7d1c

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:
11/30/2024 8:05:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.11.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,424 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/17/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
16564ACDBB7F9D84DADD0FD418C69A51

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 11:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Entropy:
6.9658

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.6 KB (129,684 bytes)

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