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setup.exe

Flash Video Player

Air Software

Warning, this is not the legitimate setup program for Flash Video Player. The setup is bootstrapped by the Air Installer 'download manager' (a pay-per-install monetization download manager) that bundles unwanted software (adware, toolbars, extensions) during setup while deciving the user into thinking they are downloading the stadard installation setup from Flash Video Player. The application setup.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Flash Video Player

Version:
2.0.3.40

MD5:
1a9ee4f0ead537617f9d43da0e248b61

SHA-1:
7410844a8dfb53ff0ed8eb5197bafe355bbc7a0b

SHA-256:
263f0aa3b7d024e4fe7a23d18f569729abbd54afe22d3b37708f7e82d90d68b7

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/25/2024 7:37:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.181.10

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
19887

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.A.gen
4.6.5.141

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.10.24.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.141022

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
34218

File size:
2.1 MB (2,231,376 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.3.40

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller. All rights reserved.

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:
2/29/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/1/2013 5:59:59 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:
36D5AA8967E82240D5AFEC2F301B54ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2013 4:14:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Q6wkQUg2TcmmrTOOAGxiavdNiB5Pi89UYFX60/wH1v9zjMTYlPe05CK1KDtc8P/:Q6LlgmGTOOAG1vdEPi89U50/wHJ5jMT1

Entry address:
0x14FD0B

Entry point:
E8, 86, 94, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, AD, 5E, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0D, 95, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, A4, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 7B, 97, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 86, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, A1, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4946

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,597,952 bytes)

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