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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, “Software Updater ” by Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Installer Setup   (signed by Installer Setup)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.5.0.6

MD5:
750569899234f78f132f0106a6318580

SHA-1:
e19ae25e84f38db25ac6ecbead436e443377038d

SHA-256:
a9f23db549e2d18212ec7c762f1caaa75cd05b5273c2feb4eab55f9c950a1e2f

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
4/25/2024 3:14:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.182.198

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141121

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3283

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.D potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstall
v2014.11.21.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.InstallerSetup.F
14.11.21.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
34232

File size:
1 MB (1,056,608 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.6

Copyright:
(c) Installer Setup

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\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\xl9grvhv\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Setup, O=Installer Setup, L=Vancouver, 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:
114A4CD0F4776DC50DF11F7D51696678

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2014 3:27:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EvrZM+aa6CCSGqDqUd94rYFt4wKFYJow4veVkf8xCMEP:MM+a3OPiop9SyVGGCMo

Entry address:
0x33A270

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, DB, 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:
7.8846

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
992 KB (1,015,808 bytes)

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