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Malwarebytes

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, “Malwarebytes ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Malwarebytes

Description:
Malwarebytes

Version:
2.0.35.0

MD5:
de07ba5e5b0d21bf624b44de1a21f722

SHA-1:
bc18248fc0c56db1cc9d9dd6b41fbd1458ec27b4

SHA-256:
851a84f4c04a0fc761717ff1cb7d0029a0964f7d0cf6026596ff03959d3899a5

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/25/2024 11:48:26 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.153.238

AVG
Potentially harmful program Skodna.Downloader
2015.0.3396

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-3
0.98/19168

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ALDW
18796

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5343
9.0.1.0213

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-2100c5bd
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of software_update.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.3271

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.08.01.01

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60100

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.01.01

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14730

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
30086

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.178
2.0.0.1835

File size:
757.9 KB (776,104 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.35.0

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}\appdata\local\temp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 7:00:00 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:
7/27/2014 3:43:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:05eEoZg9uDEodm31ZJDS2UsgtU3R3i+JY/Vlh8Wo6RtaeVTfTsz:0jwgoDzdgfJWj23RpY9VoCnsz

Entry address:
0x25E418

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9360

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,740,288 bytes)

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