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setup.exe

PC Driver Kit

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, “PC Driver Kit ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 29 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:
PC Driver Kit

Description:
PC Driver Kit

Version:
2.0.48.0

MD5:
d1e2d989009131a5c8d51f692d87a606

SHA-1:
bb277c6343aa7c0ed22a8c5fa5c686f2045ddf8b

SHA-256:
d58f4061025f6ad6e1d4845560fcac79600d615de148629735dac774c98b6363

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/3/2024 7:32:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
906

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.08.12

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AgentCV.A.3144
7.11.145.44

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140812

AVG
BundleApp_r.D
2015.0.3384

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.1120

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-35
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18162

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5379
9.0.1.0224

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-8ce812dd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
11.2014-12-08_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of driver update.exe (Adware)
2014.10.23.5

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11873

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.3416

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.08.12.05

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!256F9007C6F8
5600.6969

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
15.0.0.672

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwgpbr
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.12.05

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.8.12.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14810

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
AirAdInstaller
28580

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.157
2.0.0.1809

File size:
900.4 KB (922,024 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.48.0

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/12/2014 3:02:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:edcvGletz11DmeoctJacoE4T/uHeoILWNqaLuX7i:X591Z2cKcdAuHe9WnLuO

Entry address:
0x297CC0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 5C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, E3, 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:
7.8743

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
832 KB (851,968 bytes)

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