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color-switch-a95c8e7d5752a489.exe

Installer Setup

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 color-switch-a95c8e7d5752a489.exe by Installer Setup 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:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
d7b5c560ef384f42376d8dd7bb3cad1f

SHA-1:
19cf905479d5ea06a51a1d7fdbb0ba52ae16838d

SHA-256:
c5147e6df387596a88471c4ec2a1de0e0725fd2fa017574bc677940c4eb086a0

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:
4/26/2024 10:04:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Installe (M)
16.7.10.12

File size:
210.1 KB (215,168 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
ChromeSt.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\color-switch-a95c8e7d5752a489.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/9/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/9/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1021E089A110C6095910FA179448796C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2015 8:36:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:yhWjUAwxfx3sohl6HanCH32sORIAKjXLNR3I0HldYgmiAI1VQ:tUZxfx8oh0HanPs9zjRR37HvLTI

Entry address:
0x14382

Entry point:
E8, F7, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C...
 
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Code size:
151 KB (154,624 bytes)

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