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setup.exe

7-Zip

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 by Air Software has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.softwaare.net.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
458320fefb89a77f87e5ba0fccbc5aa3

SHA-1:
c19490d61234274d9e14241d550e50e3cf8bcbeb

SHA-256:
84786cd7d916d361058b99e8ea9cfa2ebc1ba05b20e976c5e720a8de32da8fb9

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/19/2024 4:23:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.JP.7u0@aao8Owfi
431

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downware
2015.05.19

Avira AntiVirus
TR/ATRAPS.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2909

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.11360
9.0.1.0335

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.115731
11.2015-01-12_3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16143

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2015.12.01.06

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!184DD1D43FDE
5600.6565

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.185413
16.0.0.1005

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Vittalia.dqfrig
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
15.12.01.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
15.12.1.6

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
39486

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.FakeAV.Win32.314885
2.0.0.2221

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,424 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/17/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, 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:
16564ACDBB7F9D84DADD0FD418C69A51

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 8:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TWvknOMEfInPg+5tL40p9MMACfj7y8/71RJAjz2ASnp6fPg7J:TUeOMmw74aa98Og1bBpfJ

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Entropy:
6.9659

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.6 KB (129,684 bytes)

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

http://software.softwaare.net/d/click/.../?uid=b64edd6ca15277d01126ab95f0915608&sid=sid&filename=Setup

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