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setup.exe

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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadrockstar.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.15.0

MD5:
0ee0574b5d41318eaf2ac70cc04f092d

SHA-1:
590eac5ef49a8c6605ae2ca622fda83ceccf8dad

SHA-256:
4a4e78c659ca8ecef08273527539c455002e1f64c06dbe90dce53072cf3230ce

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/5/2024 9:33:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.AirInstaller.A
952

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2014.02.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.118

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
140617-1

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3431

Bitdefender
Adware.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.890

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17825

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5245
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.AirInstaller
8.14.06.27.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.AirInstaller.A
11.2014-27-06_6

G Data
Adware.AirInstaller
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11663

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.3648

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2014.06.27.11

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.AirInstaller.A
15.0.0.534

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.58873

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.06.27.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14625

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.97

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10518

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
26712

File size:
755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.15.0

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:
1/24/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
6/18/2014 7:48:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yQN20eCofhgVDNuK40ufbN64b6slOJ5B/N2j+aFUnQn53CI2tjyufeKQX:p40eCoJgD8H3T04nARN2H6nQn53lQjyx

Entry address:
0x25C418

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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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,733,632 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=8103413747

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

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