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setup.exe

PC Driver Kit

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, “PC Driver Kit ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
PC Driver Kit

Description:
PC Driver Kit

Version:
2.0.24.0

MD5:
80538f7a7cc10a5d7a025b42b977e79e

SHA-1:
f29d74bc414b9a659340ea437039cb44e7daf097

SHA-256:
114afb6817e05493eaadba8a7b9c0ae0317960bbe0d0d3702179f33d25d8345a

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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 6:39:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4
388

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2014.02.22

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.171.10

avast!
Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]
2014.9-160112

AVG
Adware InstallCore
2017.0.2866

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.60

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-35
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18162

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4861
9.0.1.012

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
8.16.01.12.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.1803056
1/12/2016

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

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

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Malware
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11873

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.827

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2016.01.12.04

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!ECA4116148F9
5600.6522

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.A
17.0.0.36

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwgpbr
0.28.0.59492

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824744
14.03.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
16.01.12.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
16.1.12.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.16110

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9390

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
AirAdInstaller
28580

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.157
2.0.0.1809

File size:
757.4 KB (775,592 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.24.0

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:
7/17/2014 1:10:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AbpmT1yswhag83T6CHYUv5rFj6Zu19V1jTfIGjH51yrfB3CsuQaIB2U57pMENY/g:AbpmDwwgSFtFj6w19PkkHy7BbufIB37d

Entry address:
0x25E418

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:
7.9356

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,739,264 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=282089876&sid=4276&filename=setup

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