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setup.exe

HD Player

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, “HD Player ” 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 files.getupdatesnow.com.
Publisher:
Installer Setup   (signed by Installer Setup)

Product:
HD Player

Description:
HD Player

Version:
2.5.0.9

MD5:
3bb3683906258878722e606afc3a8bbc

SHA-1:
92d91d2b5d61935898f081040174bae1a7db3def

SHA-256:
159e35f1d645f1d354a94369bcd1826ee27efb313b9cb0f4d91011c107978e9c

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 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 12:51:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Installe.Installer (M)
16.7.14.9

File size:
1 MB (1,059,160 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.9

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

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:
Installer Setup

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/17/2014 9:52:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Bwe/sxHKssg0qquDeuwcmgI0Ipsk39TkkO+ZigRZT6B://sxqFxqquD/wcbIVTNvLiWZM

Entry address:
0x33DD50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, DB, 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:
7.8836

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
992 KB (1,015,808 bytes)

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

http://files.getupdatesnow.com/v1.5/click/.../?uid=2194934951&sid=103210&filename=Setup&authenticated=unPVmrSSmkTmO6tNAiyuTyiTIKuqJnONuKlWtRenpFatHJTk8BTRlfg8IVCx0w7XwhZzrsnqcbZF0EkKfNFAellvbx3qFEFAW2i3BgNIXdvQ4AgHCqwgQnJNJTLUW8xIgNxQwC8UnSeVo1ekhHNLvxKM2aCGPBxSpWZkXkFzKuIRHLT2ix2U1kqphEgHGPFmGuubZ4MkCn1bRARPpF6w5IXoX0PkdhkytHxLo9OWzAAeSZFxBFusJVOZ2TlD8saF4MGcXNTPqgZhPHHZqeaqcC0ePnbDpX7yypDsEz7VRCNPtgn0wth8sD3JMTTpHC8CBBkECNb25UA5rFZVbUnK5FzqTJNBmu5hILR65TJ6z4VxcG1OSGFi2VJFyl0vFbioEmurkiyqNHUqksmGPuopiUpzhU8qhMBEoBTNIxqlpE5Hho91rJeRW8rvxQnoUL4O30ggq1P4enm4JTAsqdgTxRXXFnKff03MSaUy65xdrveBoSuitllMwtzN6iVTgcPHpKU9WfHHAb5RVzSfrQalA2lVSV0wVSRJc7cCyncQd6mwITpQGmHqMs2OV8vmm5F8tmg6t8wZ6qLlBhuMTWkDHX0PqmNm76vzhNKzEcazs6mfh9Xp6PIf3at2hVa3iTpTJVTkMTZwwRDCMtn4xpDT9GyvlVpApBR4eaywRnx1LFzRNSzgqhTcazS7QZvOPOLoW01vDZqGqmX1cQQVUw3hoec6OMSCs4DkcVVzGlMwdWtQ1uGPt19hVKQEIIAlKfLzaCvDMkNn54JUgWLssvSTc9Wu0DlubQ89475J8fScQJlNwawLvGlc9lldIMIcyDBTS3g55VBBTTcIGCCGdzKdnbbCU6QzS8KeJ1F4a3W2gOn4Fokay6u2FeN9e1XCF

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