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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 41 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.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.6.9

MD5:
a852d4f13042f038c9e133fec38e0c3e

SHA-1:
2afbc489c199fc225a0857f2d5f1bdb8b8ea1409

SHA-256:
e99d190567ca257d8cb4dde2b657513a27016e3f33b6b7c19a55272ffa536e75

Scanner detections:
41 / 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:
4/19/2024 7:44:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1
5823004

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.11.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.70

avast!
Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3283

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1
1.0.20.1630

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17934

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5019
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)
8.9547

F-Prot
W32/A-2100c5bd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11663

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.11.22.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.58873

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.11.22.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.11.22.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.141120

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10223

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
27420

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.222
2.0.0.1990

File size:
752.9 KB (770,984 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.6.9

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\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:
5/6/2014 11:38:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zpg3L0A+HAtT276Veri5TuA/tG3ctxxADeT6ynD1yrsj3pX8xSYHNeZ54:G3oAPS76Veri5R/tGgDbD1yrsbdiSYUs

Entry address:
0x25A418

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:
7.9353

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,722,880 bytes)

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