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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 software_updater.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software 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.getsoftfree.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.19.0

MD5:
7f70a89402f39d0e1cb3e5ca2229e5ab

SHA-1:
0f7044966fd8172d8738dc0bdede8156468d8738

SHA-256:
c5107b729ab61dfc8c6df206e52d5b00dfb9c5ff103903a50a70de41073cca9e

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 10:13:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.9.20

File size:
756.4 KB (774,568 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.19.0

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\software_updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2015 2:59:59 AM

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:
7/7/2014 9:57:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZIfgy933mu6rrUhxGokTJfGTaRbT3ZVXSb6yyO/M9qotVke3UGSWEzjI:ZIflWbrrUhxGo+JfGWRbT2uyyO/M9HKo

Entry address:
0x25D418

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,736,192 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=24586_44024926&sid=2858&filename=software_updater

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