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Software Updater

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, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 29 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:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.6.0

MD5:
a2d149e1379283bf4f1d69d3b9a6cf47

SHA-1:
906061d217f4534d711e902ab8162bcd0b9defff

SHA-256:
f4909d79b865d2eafc2b2ee707cb9cf89b9d1dcbbe498475478f75cf9741c566

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/20/2024 2:44:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.L
926

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.07.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.145.118

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.D
2014.0.3986

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.L
1.0.20.1020

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-6
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18178

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4902
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-2100c5bd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.L
11.2014-23-07_4

G Data
Application.Bundler
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11896

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.07.23.02

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.L
15.0.0.612

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwlzqt
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.23.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.K
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14721

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
28640

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.105
2.0.0.1806

File size:
852.4 KB (872,872 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.6.0

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}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 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:
4/9/2014 7:13:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tDILtRX60Rx7xaYu6OnRr9nW3HzovUkKM1KfrdmZH1zWOW+t29hhhnc3EzveN:tDg6SxQHRpWXzPknK4ZVzW44T1WN

Entry address:
0x26CFB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 5A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, E5, 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:
7.8718

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
788 KB (806,912 bytes)

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