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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 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.44.0

MD5:
19dff45097c65bc71744f29552947034

SHA-1:
ae4ab303c94b9170ff21e7bcde8e7f7655307986

SHA-256:
2d7f3fbc4a76d6efe533ebb692eb2d5c58f7d37e109a5f77fe439c25984e5004

Scanner detections:
34 / 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:
12/26/2024 1:37:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
697

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.03.10

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.70

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150310

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2016.0.3175

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
1.0.20.345

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-133
0.98/20171

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17934

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5375
9.0.1.069

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
8.15.03.10.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-227f52f6
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
11.2015-10-03_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of {de2bab1e-53b9-429c-aba8-108ea798b983} (Adware)
2015.6.16.14

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11663

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.2368

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.03.10.10

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
16.0.0.207

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.58873

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852
11.20150310

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.920488
15.03.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
15.03.10.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software
15.3.10.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.15308

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.12

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10006

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4848734
38050

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.394
2.0.0.2093

File size:
898.9 KB (920,488 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.44.0

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/7/2014 4:53:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sb12XCHyGvKeB545hhdYn2KEAdSKM1YSMltXCQBsrxr4G:sjHyUl5EhjYnnEi21YdNKl4G

Entry address:
0x296630

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, 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:
7.8732

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
832 KB (851,968 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download.downloadrockstar.com/get/click/.../?filename=setup

http://click.downloadrockstar.com/tracking202/.../pci.php?pci=2167424311

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

http://dlp.mpalyerfreeware.com/p/151/Setup/477/.../QYABjXUw

http://ttb.downloadsetup.com/download/request/.../ZU1CjioP?ClickID=ZZf1755999Za1586122Zg172Zw42Zm5Zc1856000389,1856000389Zs130Zi1ZZ&PubID=4

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