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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 by Air Software has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.airdlr.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Burn To Disk

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
26e964b406b6232a39cef655fd36b4da

SHA-1:
42c8345ae0d9f46d3b61a3cd3d4526675689e581

SHA-256:
518ec5db11b5ee073b2115e1036afbbc90d4f106096f65ae85e1b5f07d544ea9

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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 1:17:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Installer-L [PUP]
2014.9-140304

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
17767

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.249
9.0.1.063

Malwarebytes
PUP.BundleInstaller.IWT
v2014.03.04.12

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.I
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14302

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
26358

File size:
314.8 KB (322,376 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AirInstallerOne.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:
3/1/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/2/2013 7:59:59 AM

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:
36D5AA8967E82240D5AFEC2F301B54ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/31/2012 3:00:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:hSstsBNcCStDEdverQIgPiNXeB/t1RnPbkhxlPl3JZDpbpsCD9Ckxgt+:LsgCTdveUIgLB/hTkZP71RAkGt+

Entry address:
0xFD0E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 4B, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, F4, 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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Entropy:
7.8794

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
300 KB (307,200 bytes)

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

http://cdn.airdlr.com/downloads/bundles/ads/new/.../setup.exe

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