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setup.exe

Download Manager

Installer Setup

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 Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Manager

Version:
2.5.0.19

MD5:
90852d20cf29731cdce94d3155e6d181

SHA-1:
8f379c68832be4e24a877a961a3d5f73fd03f217

SHA-256:
d584efeff30d0b742ebe3fc4a63409e100842efed127afcc6560a6f8efbaf75a

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/25/2024 9:01:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Installer
2014.12.15

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3001

Comodo Security
Packed.Win32.MUPX.Gen
20362

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of software update.exe (Adware)
2015.8.30.21

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.08.30.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.InstallerSetup.Installer (M)
15.7.28.7

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
35418

File size:
1 MB (1,064,240 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.19

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

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}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2014 6:30:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UW3lNWiOL87cCCtjS1JnvnPBPQ0KcUFqlguSxZ/S3K1g:NCpVtjcJ/P1KlvxZ9O

Entry address:
0x345B30

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, DB, 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:
7.8965

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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