setup.exe

Skype

IDC Ventures LLC

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 by IDC Ventures 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
idcventures  (signed by IDC Ventures LLC)

Product:
Skype

Version:
3.0.0.89

MD5:
544d1528fa4c1ea89d0c3d068881e878

SHA-1:
db43cc06abc5a89d993d8331b0e4e1d37f4a42b0

SHA-256:
7bbf081797872c1ef8c88d11763eb50ad7f07e091efddc1b0fa2bc7c499d56ee

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 '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:
1/11/2025 11:01:30 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.16.2

File size:
956.6 KB (979,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.89

Copyright:
(c) idcventures

Original file name:
Skype.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\zyk69drv\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/25/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IDC Ventures LLC, O=IDC Ventures LLC, L=Vermilion, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
57A88D08BD785CCB956355DFF2389330

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/5/2015 12:59:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0409

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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