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setup.exe

Software Updater

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 setup.exe by Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from 2.track342ut.com.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.89

MD5:
f09a827c7790d00ece65ff591b870550

SHA-1:
60d3d5a7427c35afed8d54fedce22d5303cb7e2e

SHA-256:
5bb9eef11a86f8db6a3c11ec5de110db791c6f76539cb78b059be7326c10e9e6

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/26/2024 1:47:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2015.04.03

avast!
Hoblig [Heur]
2014.9-160104

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2017.0.2875

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.10709
9.0.1.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
11.2016-04-01_2

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15753

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2016.01.04.11

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.10.952

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.InstallerSetup.Installer (M)
16.1.4.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.16102

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39486

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,040 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.89

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/23/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
188C75106A329415713A40BD52985D5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:bxGlU8cwzyI30VCLop4SZuFQA3UahiQIuSA8JXlpFmo+Zq:UXyg0Vjp4SZu+AZiQd8Xn+

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9365

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,038 bytes)

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

http://2.track342ut.com/d/.../8410752326?id=20142

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