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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 softwareupdater.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 28 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.airdwnlas.com.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Software Updater

Description:
Software Updater

Version:
2.0.6.7

MD5:
edb2daf4396358e10d25f1802c5d84ff

SHA-1:
d7ad34a6dc13ac5bc55336d624ab243311ab0fce

SHA-256:
871ec581d51ca4994cd5a015f188c8fb2ce29be0ff49ebdb5893bd1c9730e50a

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:33:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
833

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAdInstaller
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
2014.10.25

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AgentCV.A.15058
7.11.181.10

AVG
Adware BundleApp.CP
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
1.0.20.1485

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
19887

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4979
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
14.10.24

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
11.2014-24-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirAdInstaller
v2014.10.24.03

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461
15.0.0.891

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dbjmjg
0.28.2.62841

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.770472
14.10.24.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM18.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.P
14.10.24.15

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.141022

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.176
2.0.0.1966

File size:
752.4 KB (770,472 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.6.7

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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\softwareupdater.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:
4/23/2014 9:48:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5x5Eg69iaJKNVocBGw0+ANoq4ed3k05tFDkl/mUdqrAOt/704RVhlFgeCKsxMuf:JEFiaJciRwRAx3Zk5KrAOt/FXDFANMuf

Entry address:
0x25A418

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:
1.6 MB (1,721,856 bytes)

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

http://files.airdwnlas.com/get/click/.../?filename=SoftwareUpdater

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