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setup.exe

ZipDownloader

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, “ZipDownloader ” 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:
ZipDownloader

Description:
ZipDownloader

Version:
2.0.11.0

MD5:
c290f384401a72dd3a93fec6adf4a85d

SHA-1:
9494fd0a676632d988cc17968bc0a244c0e2a631

SHA-256:
c27c5dfa5a4f98adff13920b9af62145008de69eb092f4d8d228042f66c79979

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:
5/13/2024 10:58:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstall.A
966

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.06.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.145.120

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140614

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3444

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstall.A
1.0.20.825

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-58
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18179

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5157
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.A8.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AirInstall
11.2014-14-06_7

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Airinstall
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.175.11028

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.06.14.11

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstall.A
15.0.0.495

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824744
14.03.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.14.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM18.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14612

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
28648

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.174
2.0.0.1825

File size:
755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.11.0

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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
6/4/2014 10:54:32 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/4H73i8fZOMLtjJ6ogl6JMv8Vnz9iqRULkqT9xAltq/B16XZvPZ/TNVrHnuz:/sji8RvNslNv8VnzpUoEeO/nIRZ/Tfuz

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:
7.9361

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,733,120 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://downloads.pcsoftupdate.com/get/click/.../?uid=dJU66QAQ43956M9C04R1PR8S&sid=z1b2b&filename=Setup

http://go.pcsoftupdate.com/.../

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