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setup.exe

Download Manager

Air Software

It uses the Air Installer distribution platform (a pay-per-install monetization download manager) to bundle unwanted software such as adware and browser toolbars during setup. The application setup.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 34 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from fastdownloaders.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller Inc. (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Download Manager

Version:

2.0.3.87

MD5:

92d9e33111301f64bb5a5da3c1678542

SHA-1:

552ac6f650d75eeb76b603778a2955b6306d66ff

SHA-256:

37722de110c97cd2593bc3976f678a34b2ee9e4c3802c4954fe74817f31f365d

Scanner detections:

34 / 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:

4/24/2024 2:40:44 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

6656403

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2014.06.09

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AirInst.1174

7.11.137.146

avast!

Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]

150303-0

AVG

Adware Generic_r.IW

2014.0.4253

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

1.0.20.350

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-4

0.98/19073

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

17948

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.1138

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A.gen

4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

5.13.68

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of avast antivirus.exe (Adware)

2015.6.17.20

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Airinstall

t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.176.11482

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.2362

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2015.03.11.12

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!767317AD3306

5600.6829

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

16.0.0.210

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.Downware.cwfgel

0.28.0.59608

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.1116296

14.05.20.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

15.03.11.12

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5

3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software

15.3.11.12

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15309

Sophos

PUA 'AirInstaller'

5.12

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4782985

29418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.98

2.0.0.1791

File size:

1.1 MB (1,113,224 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.3.87

Original file name:

AirInstaller.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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 6:59:59 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:

4/16/2013 1:06:30 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Cvoi3q3kzOpJOfedKl3b0MDCBHyRXYVW+M9OKbmOKm/9yeQQsH79IJNcd7s:CvPqJpJOn0M2BHyRXYxAOAKOsfDH79IX

Entry address:

0x24CDE0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 20, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, EB, 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, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75... 
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Entropy:

7.7665

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

1 MB (1,093,632 bytes)

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

http://fastdownloaders.com/lps/.../download.php?uid=70126969b54b42af8682ad61d81ebf93

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