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driver update.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 driver update.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 qlezz.greatworld-savings.adsservingcellar.eu.

File name:

driver update.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Software Updater

Description:

Software Updater

Version:

2.0.19.0

MD5:

e4be4d4482f6bf31a3cdd762b3fa32f1

SHA-1:

12dd47f4b16a131e4cb1833bc8a75cb4a37d0ec5

SHA-256:

717453f43ffefd262048885fdd451e65d7e4fa3747ceb57c2cd316ebfefc1492

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:

4/26/2024 1:23:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

882

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirInstaller

2014.08.09

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.141.72

avast!

Malware-gen

140813-1

AVG

Adware BundleApp_r

2015.0.3360

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

1.0.20.1245

Bkav FE

W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware

1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-89

0.98/19341

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

18047

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.5906

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Graftor.154041

9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-2100c5bd

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

11.2014-06-09_7

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus

Win32.SuspectCrc

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11663

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2014.09.06.06

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!871AD85D84FF

5600.7016

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

15.0.0.747

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.Downware.cwaprw

0.28.0.58873

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.774056.B

14.08.11.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.06.06

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.AirSoftware.N

14.9.6.6

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14904

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Iminent

28036

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.370

2.0.0.1880

File size:

756.4 KB (774,568 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.19.0

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\driver update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/25/2013 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:

3/27/2015 4:29:59 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 11:27:05 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:kIfgy933mu6rrUhxGokTJfGTaRbT3ZVXSb6yyO/M9qotVke3UGSWEzhY:kIflWbrrUhxGo+JfGWRbT2uyyO/M9HKy

Entry address:

0x25D418

Entry point:

60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10... 
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Entropy:

7.9362

Packer / compiler:

ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:

1.7 MB (1,736,192 bytes)

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

http://qlezz.greatworld-savings.adsservingcellar.eu/AIRdrivercpaUS.html

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