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setup.exe

Firefox

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, “Firefox ” by Air Software 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 free-software-guru.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox

Version:
2.0.4.35

MD5:
e2cf7e5c8c984ce5395673ca2a70df64

SHA-1:
5df21fc97831d251957c54e87c255c430d22d25c

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 10:50:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
16.01.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.152.90

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160106

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2017.0.2872

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18402

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4662
9.0.1.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.C.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Airinstall
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12257

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2016.01.06.09

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwcgrr
0.28.0.59921

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
16.1.6.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.16104

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
29800

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.122
2.0.0.1809

File size:
807.9 KB (827,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.35

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/25/2013 5:56:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qc8Ua5Xe9YKd3taCgDih+qF0VGPfhvbB4ST+A5YApOvcx/5BURVHZnZGp2rVqhy:qj/2YecJW+NEd6Sd5Y4Ovch6jZc2rohy

Entry address:
0x254FE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, E6, 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:
7.8777

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
772 KB (790,528 bytes)

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

http://free-software-guru.com/Firefox/.../mozilla-firefox

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