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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 32 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:
2.0.5.1

MD5:
1adc4f36263fe4f81749b7710c2ff4e3

SHA-1:
af9eeb8835e004e00f1f1f29393bb38e9c43c794

SHA-256:
cf35da1492658679fafa4fb53983ac50b21daf690778224d72082da4041f88c9

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
4/26/2024 4:59:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
6582766

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.03.12

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.137.70

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150312

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2016.0.3172

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
1.0.20.355

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18645

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4860
9.0.1.071

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-8f9a0f53
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe(1).exe (Adware)
2015.6.19.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12498

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.03.12.02

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E
16.0.0.213

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwbkcs
0.28.0.60475

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.863144.B
15.03.12.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
15.03.12.02

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software
15.3.12.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.15310

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10002

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller.ajov
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784938
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.157
2.0.0.1835

File size:
842.9 KB (863,144 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.5.1

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 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:
3/18/2014 10:58:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SsaIdkGDmsYH2taQMbJ9tDXxnHN88xnc7C8uWn/:SsUO7YHEa/J7xc7C/W/

Entry address:
0x269690

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 5A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, 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:
7.8869

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
784 KB (802,816 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1843045811&sid=103641&filename=setup

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