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setup.exe

HD Player

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 by Installer Setup has been detected as adware by 24 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:
Installer Setup  (signed and verified)

Product:
HD Player

Version:
2.5.0.21

MD5:
a22b1ae5ef3de7385bd72d79eb314e01

SHA-1:
ed645020ca50bbe72a04a7b9b6d2b172d940a4a1

SHA-256:
4e11f977bef431607d13a99bca2ae292dc64424462d92aa9feac0c59d7c058b3

Scanner detections:
24 / 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 8:29:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
388

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Installer
2014.12.13

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AirAdInstaller.1057120
7.11.186.88

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
2014.9-160112

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2866

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.74625
1.0.20.60

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-497
0.98/20220

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9532
9.0.1.012

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
8.16.01.12.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.E potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-12-01_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.74625
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.190.14585

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2016.01.12.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Strictor.74625
17.0.0.36

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dlqckn
0.30.0.64448

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
16.01.12.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.InstallerSetup.Installer (M)
16.1.12.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
38950

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.23188
2.0.0.2139

File size:
1 MB (1,064,544 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.21

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}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Setup

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 7:59:59 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:
12/15/2014 6:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DeoeR2///ES6U3122qr/0noH3DBRMvF5FN7HF5ol6I:DeoeReEr7DDBRO5fFS

Entry address:
0x345CE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 64, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, 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:
7.8968

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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

http://735322.install12343.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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