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firefox.exe

Mozilla Firefox

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 firefox.exe, “Mozilla Firefox ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Mozilla Firefox

Description:
Mozilla Firefox

Version:
2.0.22.0

MD5:
979144440d3bcfa628103c97036a0acd

SHA-1:
502b2bf3f45dd2f0910c4e953f6c21ed55f6089c

SHA-256:
dd9bba7f0da52423c6ba744b106d3cc627deb2743233169d1b608718f1e64614

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
4/25/2024 4:16:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/AirInstaller.97366
7.11.169.242

avast!
Malware-gen
140813-1

AVG
Airsoftware
2015.0.3368

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.151710
1.0.20.1205

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirInstaller.JSUE
19348

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5289
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.151710
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-8ce812dd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.151710
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.151710
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.08.29.11

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.151710
15.0.0.723

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.775592
14.08.29.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.08.29.11

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.K
14.8.29.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14827

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5061940
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.308
2.0.0.1905

File size:
757.4 KB (775,592 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.22.0

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\firefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 5:59:59 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:
7/14/2014 6:18:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6qcr9sBQzHiMc0usw9E7uTnXBN2p5opOEte9fzz9dunrpONsAozZX1jqJiqMeXnm:L+OYCXbsw9EsG56l0fzZ8rpvASZX1+J2

Entry address:
0x25E418

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:
7.9361

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,739,264 bytes)

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