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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. 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:
2.0.48.0

MD5:
eac9e9e59fdeb9cb83624794403267c9

SHA-1:
5e66e217f2f73b17e9e6f0bb53ea9bea027293a6

SHA-256:
67c3497ea426dbd1eec088a6d28a66074620c064567468f9ebb4dd7a45026089

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 12:18:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
878

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.09.09

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.70

avast!
Win32:Installer-L [PUP]
2014.9-140909

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AK
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506
1.0.20.1260

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17934

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5379
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506
14.09.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6bcf410b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506
11.2014-09-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506
14.9.24

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
v2014.09.09.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506
15.0.0.756

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.58873

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.922024.B
14.09.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.09.09.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.9.9.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14907

Sophos
PUA.AirInstaller
5.05

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10370

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
27420

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.413
2.0.0.1916

File size:
900.4 KB (922,024 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.48.0

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/13/2014 3:02:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2dcvGletz11DmeoctJacoE4T/uHeoILWNqaLuXPn:v591Z2cKcdAuHe9WnLuf

Entry address:
0x297CC0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, E3, 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:
7.8743

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
832 KB (851,968 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=1176752951

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

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