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setup.exe

Software Updater

Installer Setup

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 Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.86

MD5:
2b4c36ab5b106ba873803cd616e4d660

SHA-1:
ba252bd1b5ca25b024e68d0154d83c780334e364

SHA-256:
9ad816fea37f7a719a041b33a6601fbe3f46f07f3a00a1e6188a4104ae897f3d

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/16/2024 5:42:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2015.03.26

avast!
Trojan-gen
2014.9-150707

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3055

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.0188

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.Eorezo.BZ
11.2015-07-07_3

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAssistant
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15799

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HDPlayer
v2015.07.07.02

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadHelper.dpgylc
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.InstallerSetup.Installer (M)
15.7.7.14

Sophos
PUA 'Download Assistant' (of type Adware)
5.14

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DownloadHelper
3.12.26.3

File size:
962.7 KB (985,832 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.86

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
07A1307B10CFA227F3AF56F353208204

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xxG1/8BmbQuE+4Ep7/DDT1FY+wAq/jdxfkuQJAp:K2BXuEXY7rDTPuvfUJAp

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9382

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,038 bytes)

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