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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 33 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:
2.0.6.9

MD5:
fbc471aa5e46401e1f2500a47889af7d

SHA-1:
aa06a23d4adcf8d454a14edb9abf87f1349ad365

SHA-256:
aa8581dfe77f872821acdaa31ffcc1020ac9b5448e69282e08a5d0cd7a25467b

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:53:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1
5823642

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirInstaller
2014.07.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.154.60

avast!
Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp
2015.0.3283

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147957
1.0.20.1630

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Airadinstaller-2
0.98/19455

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.ALDW
18908

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5019
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.1804243
11/22/2014

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147957
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147957
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12775

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.11.22.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147957
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.774056.C
14.08.25.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.K
14.11.22.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.141120

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
30086

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.105
2.0.0.1806

File size:
752.9 KB (770,984 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.6.9

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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 4:59:59 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:
5/6/2014 11:38:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cpg3L0A+HAtT276Veri5TuA/tG3ctxxADeT6ynD1yrsj3pX8xSYHNeZks:v3oAPS76Veri5R/tGgDbD1yrsbdiSYUZ

Entry address:
0x25A418

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:
7.9353

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,722,880 bytes)

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