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setup.exe

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 34 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:
2.0.15.0

MD5:
9b59c7c3db2d2d4cfb1923208b48b751

SHA-1:
c1df40f48e78ddd0a6a03c5bb7c5931a1e87d63e

SHA-256:
2eb50af0505710a7b7a1c37c67d0bc61c15376c74fc93711e090a69be3a820bf

Scanner detections:
34 / 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:
4/25/2024 1:04:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
6578507

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirInstaller
2015.03.20

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AirAdInstaller.aldw.4
7.11.218.126

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-150319

AVG
Airsoftware
2016.0.3165

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.390

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-57
0.98/20208

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.C
21464

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5245
9.0.1.078

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/S-088c33da
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
11.2015-19-03_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of software_updater.exe (Adware)
2015.6.25.8

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.2322

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2015.03.19.01

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!9B59C7C3DB2D
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.AirInstaller.A
16.0.0.234

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60475

Norman
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.774056.B
15.03.19.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
15.03.19.01

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software
15.3.19.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.15317

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.205
2.0.0.2106

File size:
755.9 KB (774,056 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.15.0

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:
1/24/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 4:59:59 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:
6/18/2014 3:48:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PQN20eCofhgVDNuK40ufbN64b6slOJ5B/N2j+aFUnQn53CI2tjyufeK1U:440eCoJgD8H3T04nARN2H6nQn53lQjy/

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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Entropy:
7.9354

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,733,632 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=2136--1736--1403497404.8985&sid=FX_1736&filename=Setup

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