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Software Updater

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 setup.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.38.0

MD5:
ae44341685ea3e61b619b5b62da15e29

SHA-1:
3daa924dbd097611d006895541a9fa97edcb2c40

SHA-256:
a0f9bdbe1b1d5b1204b7a34dcd147b96319bca22b3dfd77b4a3b95a8d34b3d55

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
12/26/2024 1:13:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.D
846

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.10.12

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.70

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3324

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.D
1.0.20.1425

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airinstaller
0.98/19505

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17934

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5348
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-30f2ffc3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
11.2014-12-10_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11663

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.10.12.05

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.D
15.0.0.855

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.58873

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.778152
14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.10.12.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.10.12.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.141010

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10305

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
27420

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.371
2.0.0.1951

File size:
759.9 KB (778,152 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.38.0

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller

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:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2015 3:59:59 AM

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:
7/31/2014 3:01:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:np4xDfr5AsTKV4gZMjHkU+aNiRqtvQ9N0gYzj9+TAYrUaGRrBNvEuAgVaRdLuVsr:npIDPTY48Mr5wqt48gYxmUas1NvEuAgg

Entry address:
0x264418

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9348

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,762,304 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://download.downloadrockstar.com/get/click/.../?filename=setup

http://click.downloadrockstar.com/tracking202/.../pci.php?pci=5157556493

http://downloadrockstar.com/lp/soft/.../download.php

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