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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 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This file is typically installed with the program K-Meleon 1.5.4 en-US (remove only) by K-Meleon Team. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.airdlr.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller Inc. (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Download Manager

Version:

1.0.1.6

MD5:

1fd78be53c8d8974da93f655556f6827

SHA-1:

900614cc77101aee442e8e480369bd0ec69ef5d5

SHA-256:

506c6025c99b5a91144d96510b2fd6dcb472cb41ed368ba3d8af1fd17b73ec15

Scanner detections:

20 / 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:

4/26/2024 10:39:04 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AirAdInstaller.AJ.2

7.11.108.198

avast!

Win32:Installer-L [PUP]

2014.9-141104

Bkav FE

W32.Clod2fc.Trojan

1.3.0.4261

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

17137

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.624

9.0.1.0308

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)

8.8944

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/AirInstaller

11/4/2014

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A7.gen

v6.4.6.5.141

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32

t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus

Riskware

13.173.9916

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2014.11.04.10

McAfee

Artemis!1FD78BE53C8D

5600.6957

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ddzazh

0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

14.11.04.10

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F

14.11.4.10

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.141102

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.93

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0817

7.2.308

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

AirInstaller

22592

File size:

790.9 KB (809,840 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.1.6

Original file name:

AirInstallerOne.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/1/2013 11:59:59 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:

6/22/2012 8:27:10 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:HSHzjcjB1PU4mr0deUaOVx5VYSAnuOyFm2CEgR:8/VjG95VsD

Entry address:

0x233E20

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 30, 57, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, E8, 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:

7.9119

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

776 KB (794,624 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been discovered within the following program.

K-Meleon 1.5.4 en-US (remove only) by K-Meleon Team

kmeleon.sourceforge.net

About 6% of users remove it

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

http://cdn.airdlr.com/downloads/bundles/ads/uk/.../setup.exe

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