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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 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadrockstar.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Software Updater

Description:

Software Updater

Version:

2.0.44.0

MD5:

fe76a8b301c8eca26e1c1b134e4f8b55

SHA-1:

da5a6f5c16e29371e8c99b3b8221d6cb45167f13

SHA-256:

6951f757c65fc29f306082290f5638cc96aa2d2a5e04128ba64eb0484e51d1da

Scanner detections:

33 / 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:

11/5/2024 9:31:25 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.153852

859

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAdInstaller

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.09.28

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.168.140

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140928

AVG

BundleApp_r

2015.0.3337

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506

1.0.20.1355

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-133

0.98/19452

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

19269

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5375

9.0.1.0271

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506

14.09.28

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-8c0ea402

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506

11.2014-28-09_1

G Data

Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of pcdriverkit.exe (Adware)

2014.12.10.5

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13125

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.3181

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2014.09.28.09

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!7F5466A2FB1E

5600.6921

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Zusy.104506

15.0.0.813

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ddthut

0.28.2.61721

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.920488

14.08.21.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

14.09.28.09

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F

14.9.28.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14926

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.AirInstaller/Variant

10331

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.5061940

32210

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.394

2.0.0.1897

File size:

898.9 KB (920,488 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.44.0

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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 8:59:59 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:Yb12XCHyGvKeB545hhdYn2KEAdSKM1YSMltXCQBsrxrYf:YjHyUl5EhjYnnEi21YdNKlYf

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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Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

832 KB (851,968 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

http://click.downloadrockstar.com/tracking202/.../pci.php?pci=9165941825

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

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