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setup.exe

Software Updater

Installer Setup

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 by Installer Setup 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.soft-dld.com.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
7c38b7dfda56cdc439922e22f6ede545

SHA-1:
8680663dd9724a3cb5237e6131bebece26429750

SHA-256:
90382ef2d517c0bf7048273faecb8f9dad22aa1d3f225c855a57d21e8ed02bcf

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 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:
11/27/2024 8:53:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Installe.Installer (M)
16.5.17.9

File size:
962.7 KB (985,840 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
07A1307B10CFA227F3AF56F353208204

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZxG1DtONrAtMCVu8dWvhT6soiI+pxi1/q3xIrLq7qA:ymNGM6u8dQroUxiZQ0LqeA

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9383

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,038 bytes)

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

http://software.soft-dld.com/d/click/.../?uid=c2xpZD0wJmJyc3I9Mzg0MSZjdTQ9NyZjaWNtcD02Njk0NDgmY2lzaWQ9NDlCNTkzMUNBNjEzNzI1MzcxMTEwOTM4NzQmY2l1aWQ9LTY3MTIwNjQ1NDQxMDkzMjI1MTUmcHViaWQ9OTYxNiZjaXBpZD0xNTA5MDAwJmNpcmlkPTQ5QjU5MzFDQTYxMzcyNTM4MTA3NDIzNTg1NiZvc2lkPTUzNSZibz0xJnN1YmlkPTEwMTEmbW10PS0xJmNudHJ5PTIyNyZzbz0xJmNyaWQ9MzUzNzgzOCZleGNpZD0yMg== &sid=- &filename=Setup

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