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Steam

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, “Steam ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 28 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:
Steam

Description:
Steam

Version:
2.0.15.0

MD5:
40c13aa22a7ef28935679000b4029ed7

SHA-1:
6ccbf150b32ca1cecc492ce15c50e3cc0f4af7b0

SHA-256:
40a5fddb46d2cbe4a568a19ad04b853761c7f057cec0a7ab9c1b4c6c9d5041f7

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/23/2024 5:02:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
886

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AirAdInstaller.aldw.4
7.11.170.102

AVG
Airsoftware
2015.0.3364

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.1220

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-57
0.98/19318

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirInstaller.JSUE
19393

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5245
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-dd0ecc73
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
11.2014-01-09_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13230

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.09.01.10

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.2.61942

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.774048.D
14.09.01.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.09.01.10

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.9.1.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14830

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.205
2.0.0.1908

File size:
755.9 KB (774,048 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.15.0

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}\appdata\local\temp\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:
6/18/2014 3:48:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yQN20eCofhgVDNuK40ufbN64b6slOJ5B/N2j+aFUnQn53CI2tjyufeKn0:p40eCoJgD8H3T04nARN2H6nQn53lQjyl

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:
7.9355

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,733,632 bytes)

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