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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 software_updater.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.getsoftfree.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.22.0

MD5:
6a2266e77d32987800b5c100596215b9

SHA-1:
b12fc52d13e71d45578d2aba54878759e24c8f88

SHA-256:
23e638eb9570cd1076f9505656d5bd3cfa64bb362d10795b166889c7aa4ff879

Scanner detections:
33 / 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:
4/19/2024 4:37:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.AirInstaller.A
897

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirInstaller
2014.07.09

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AirAdInstaller.aldw.4
7.11.157.148

avast!
Malware-gen
140813-1

AVG
Airsoftware
2015.0.3375

Bitdefender
Adware.AirInstaller.A
1.0.20.1170

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-62
0.98/19073

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
18286

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.5289
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.AirInstaller
8.14.08.22.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-2100c5bd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.AirInstaller.A
11.2014-22-08_6

G Data
Adware.AirInstaller
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.08.22.11

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!4725EE78DBF4
5600.7031

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.AirInstaller.A
15.0.0.702

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dafqnz
0.28.0.60475

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.776104
14.08.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.08.22.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.Q
14.8.22.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14820

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.AirInstaller/Variant
10406

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.221
2.0.0.1845

File size:
757.4 KB (775,592 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.22.0

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\software_updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 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:
7/14/2014 8:18:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fqcr9sBQzHiMc0usw9E7uTnXBN2p5opOEte9fzz9dunrpONsAozZX1jqJiqMeXnL:i+OYCXbsw9EsG56l0fzZ8rpvASZX1+Jb

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:
7.9360

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

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

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=24067_52186445&sid=4008&filename=software_updater

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