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setup.exe

Software Updater

Download Manager

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 by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 30 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:
Download Manager  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
2.5.0.29

MD5:
f2ed54ab84e06c6589a997c6a9274b5b

SHA-1:
ace4c5b0143f02c03863ce1c943e236a1f0fe625

SHA-256:
e216849f61c05d048e2910ffdc8cb366c54fa363cc79bee4458483b00285324c

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:11:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
551

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Installer
2014.12.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.198.100

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150803

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3029

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4
1.0.20.1075

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-37010
0.98/20062

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9693
9.0.1.0215

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
8.15.08.03.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
11.2015-03-08_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.8.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.8.2

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15767

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.1639

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.08.03.07

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49926
16.0.0.645

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dnjdfg
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.08.03.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)
15.8.3.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Symmi!6.1AD1
23.00.65.15801

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.802
2.0.0.2162

File size:
1 MB (1,078,136 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.29

Copyright:
(c) Download Manager

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\new folder\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Manager

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Manager, O=Download Manager, 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:
6771A39C2739AF7082C1C8D8234BB168

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 12:05:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zOBUg125aP8UHJLIf5Ic4G+K/GBQiXGu0KwQaqllywdXDOoqzt:zDg45aP8u62b0KwQHlywdU5

Entry address:
0x34FE90

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 65, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, DA, 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:
7.8921

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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