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setup.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 setup.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 32 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:

setup.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Software Updater

Description:

Software Updater

Version:

2.0.12.0

MD5:

b73e1cbab5a983a93adf48d4fc24992e

SHA-1:

048530be09c9e72eb62b422408353f4761e9452c

SHA-256:

557714c69109ed56fd3c17c9967dc73206fed26636d9e6b6a5ac7ef00d42d124

Scanner detections:

32 / 68

Status:

Adware

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 5:59:45 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

6578507

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAdInstaller

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2014.02.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.218.126

avast!

Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]

2014.9-150319

AVG

Airsoftware

2016.0.3165

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

1.0.20.390

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B

18308

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.5206

9.0.1.078

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/S-088c33da

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

11.2015-19-03_5

G Data

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2015.6.25.8

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.202.15316

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller

v2015.03.19.12

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!B73E1CBAB5A9

16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

16.0.0.234

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz

0.30.8.659

Norman

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1

03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.774056.E

15.03.19.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

15.03.19.12

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3

3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software

15.3.19.12

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15317

Sophos

PUA 'AirInstaller'

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

29418

File size:

755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.12.0

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\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/24/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 4:59:59 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:

6/11/2014 1:21:21 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:jUADbBZd+lzDO1bw45bjcbInkydEMtoGGgNQLitkVNws9dIRyhFZ89AoVkzeCBmn:jUcnd0PO1lb4ZSE5Xetbs9TFPE2MRt

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:

7.9360

Packer / compiler:

ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:

1.7 MB (1,733,632 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1782--1736--1402625097.6901&sid=FX_1736&filename=Setup

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