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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.pcfilehelp.com.
Publisher:
Installer Setup   (signed by Installer Setup)

Product:
HD Player

Description:
HD Player

Version:
2.5.0.14

MD5:
6adcb0f2a5bfb6a4a9066b2b853555e6

SHA-1:
b7338582f7d980af5c7c0baa282905efcaad22c1

SHA-256:
71f29d8597c6c391365ebe3e490ef0bf4b6de5a805ff496a74e10920b92e5258

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 8:32:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Installe.Installer (M)
16.6.8.11

File size:
1 MB (1,070,936 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.14

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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 9:59:59 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:
12/2/2014 4:19:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:S/W0/ltSo97NC10AFgqyNEbESiQW+aofC/aD8upnwq5ZF:CTtx97N1AFIErCg8Ywql

Entry address:
0x344B90

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, A0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, 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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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
1004 KB (1,028,096 bytes)

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

http://files.pcfilehelp.com/v1.5/click/.../?uid=YnJzcj0zODQxJmJvPTEmY2lwaWQ9MTUwOTA0MCZjaXNpZD04NkY4QjdDQTJENjE4MDkzMTM3NzE2OTI1NCZjaXJpZD04NkY4QjdDQTJENjE4MDk0MTU4NTc1NjEyOCZzbGlkPTAmc3ViaWQ9Mjg1NCZjaXVpZD0tODc2OTg3ODI0MTQyMTYyNDY5MiZzbz0xJmNyaWQ9MjA4MjE1OCZleGNpZD0yMiZtbXQ9LTEmb3NpZD01MzMmY250cnk9MjkmY2ljbXA9MjU4NTU4JmN1ND05JnB1YmlkPTc0NjU=&sid=xx&filename=Setup

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