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unins000.exe

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 unins000.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program FrostWire by FrostWire.
Publisher:
Air Software  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup/Uninstall

Version:
51.52.0.0

MD5:
e683e78e83e4a205d0e013fa7fec53a9

SHA-1:
085b5085f90f12feb01346768b2d252bb64ef38b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/20/2024 2:20:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
16.1.28.23

File size:
692.4 KB (708,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\frostwire\unins000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/26/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/26/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, O=Air Software, STREET=185-911 Yates St., STREET="Suite #327", L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8V4Y9, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C3BFAFF5374660A208126E655CBD3E13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KRObekMtkfohrPUs37uzHnA6zg5cIsalHERjUrNN/RQ9wgUT5EDExycQ:8ObekYkfohrP337uzHnA6cHswHE/6gUA

Entry address:
0x971E8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F4, 53, 56, 57, E8, 4E, C1, F6, FF, E8, A5, E4, F6, FF, E8, 34, F1, F6, FF, E8, 4F, 27, F7, FF, E8, 7E, 29, F7, FF, E8, 55, 97, F7, FF, E8, C8, 97, F7, FF, E8, 1F, B7, F7, FF, E8, 32, 1E, F8, FF, E8, 2D, DD, F8, FF, E8, 54, 83, F9, FF, E8, 3B, 96, F9, FF, E8, 66, 7D, FB, FF, E8, 09, 82, FB, FF, E8, 1C, 9C, FB, FF, E8, 0F, B6, FB, FF, E8, 56, F1, FB, FF, E8, 55, 00, FC, FF, E8, 90, 18, FC, FF, E8, B7, CB, FC, FF, E8, 02, 4D, FD, FF, E8, C5, 05, FE, FF, E8, 0C, B2, FE, FF, E8, 27, CF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.5095

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
601.5 KB (615,936 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
FrostWire

Display publisher:
FrostWire

Display version:
1.0

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\FrostWire\unins000.exe"


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