installer_codec_pack_spanish.exe

Codec Pack

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 installer_codec_pack_spanish.exe, “Codec Pack ” 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 by Installer Setup)

Product:
Codec Pack

Description:
Codec Pack

Version:
2.5.0.8

MD5:
9b210a1dbb973cd9ee88a28de6ab3c06

SHA-1:
ec64556c7d3d3cff12d2a99e18e943f5a9413ef0

SHA-256:
90c1cc9720cf361dbb0a608b34ef46f0959767f5dfe185b11e17627890782a6d

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:
5/7/2024 2:06:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Installe.Installer (M)
16.6.19.2

File size:
1 MB (1,057,112 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.8

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

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\installer_codec_pack_spanish.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/24/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2014 11:22:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Bz6/MShUxNzQo5CewLjGTVQup+sRuwV1XQcNU1RrXVEoCRqjadYw:Bz6/QQKajGTVQuws5gzmHaadL

Entry address:
0x33B440

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, DB, 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, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
992 KB (1,015,808 bytes)

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