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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 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.

File name:

driver update.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Software Updater

Description:

Software Updater

Version:

2.0.15.0

MD5:

871ad85d84ff11f63df2d693948f46c9

SHA-1:

580359a05a4e7db799b69e2ba660296c653cc65e

SHA-256:

72f985620bc76b05810d07ce332fbe9df7a58348c6ed3c0bfb22ea41d9abcb2c

Scanner detections:

34 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/24/2024 11:23:21 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A

907

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2014.02.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.137.118

avast!

Win32:Installer-L [PUP]

2014.9-140811

AVG

Generic_r

2015.0.3385

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A

1.0.20.1115

Bkav FE

W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware

1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-57

0.98/19073

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

17825

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5245

9.0.1.0223

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145608

8.14.08.11.02

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A8.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

11.2014-11-08_2

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.10.17.23

IKARUS anti.virus

Win32.AdWare

t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11663

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.3422

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2014.08.11.02

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!871AD85D84FF

16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A

15.0.0.669

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbyev

0.28.0.59048

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824744

14.03.17.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

14.08.11.02

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.AirSoftware.N

14.8.11.14

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14809

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.97

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.AirInstaller/Variant

10293

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov

3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Iminent

26712

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.205

2.0.0.1850

File size:

755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.15.0

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:

1/24/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:

6/18/2014 5:48:07 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:EQN20eCofhgVDNuK40ufbN64b6slOJ5B/N2j+aFUnQn53CI2tjyufeK3K:340eCoJgD8H3T04nARN2H6nQn53lQjyD

Entry address:

0x25C418

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:

7.9354

Packer / compiler:

ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:

1.7 MB (1,733,632 bytes)

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

http://rqdzz.greatworld-savings.celeryjeans.eu/AIRdriver4421cpaUS.html

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