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 OpenOffice by OpenOffice.
Publisher:
Air Software  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup/Uninstall

Version:
51.52.0.0

MD5:
0c7cf985626ce43476ee81767e97b869

SHA-1:
4de9d08c5b859be3756fb12ffededb11482215a8

SHA-256:
d33b7017788374570bc2a51a34d6d9de82c6261f9fd0068c2ab05a06a56cc48b

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:
4/25/2024 10:56:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.22.21

File size:
692.4 KB (709,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/26/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/26/2012 6:59:59 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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ORObekMtkfohrPUs37uzHnA6zg5cIsalHERjUrNN/RQ9wgUT5EDExyc:4ObekYkfohrP337uzHnA6cHswHE/6gU3

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:
6.5094

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
601.5 KB (615,936 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
OpenOffice

Display publisher:
OpenOffice

Display version:
1.0

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


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