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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:
2.0.11.0

MD5:
8e590e977592535e595a23b460708627

SHA-1:
c0d118270847d76f2520455f970d2b5dac34f7f6

SHA-256:
845895909314701904c7bfed3ff695998390ec937959b8855e39ac4cc0c3c764

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
5/14/2024 5:39:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.L
878

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirInstaller
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AgentCV.770464
7.11.163.2

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140729

AVG
Adware Generic5
2015.0.3399

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.L
1.0.20.1260

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Airadinstaller
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18907

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5157
9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.D.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.L
11.2014-09-09_3

G Data
Application.Bundler
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup (17).exe (Adware)
2014.9.9.23

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12626

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.3489

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.07.29.05

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.L
15.0.0.756

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60577

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.773024.B
14.07.20.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.07.29.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM18.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14727

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirAdInstaller
10455

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.174
2.0.0.1847

File size:
755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.11.0

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}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
6/4/2014 5:54:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:X4H73i8fZOMLtjJ6ogl6JMv8Vnz9iqRULkqT9xAltq/B16XZvPZ/TNVrHnPOw:Xsji8RvNslNv8VnzpUoEeO/nIRZ/TfP1

Entry address:
0x25C418

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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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,733,120 bytes)

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

http://ttb.thelatestsoft.com/download/request/.../liNBDd39?ClickID=1023219f6cb39cc77fec6dec8e941b&PubID=3326&n=movie HQ

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