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Download Manager

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 zip softwareinstaller.exe by Download Manager 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.
Publisher:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

MD5:
35d732cb412bb39cb62ed415a84ab25b

SHA-1:
4fa2e848ea76100d5b06aba95d73547f4162987a

SHA-256:
1c454aaffbba655041d868fa323ee80179bc0dd9099829c3f301909518ad5608

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:
12/29/2024 1:26:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
500.3 KB (512,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\zip softwareinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
5/26/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, STREET=26 York Street, L=London, S=Westminster, PostalCode=W1U 6PZ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
7A29EA7E77DAC7B65FC20ECCCB2D8A3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 42, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, FD, 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, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9952

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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