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

Description:
Setup/Uninstall

Version:
51.52.0.0

MD5:
b4417753fd614b76d7c66be300f75f6e

SHA-1:
5dfbd76c49f2c3e2241fbf0df843869f83d2ff6d

SHA-256:
014b443d4b0ce77e945064ed84f32e126db8c57ba5c65aeaacce6ef89c87e222

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 '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:
4/24/2024 6:58:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
15.11.29.9

File size:
692.4 KB (708,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

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):
12288:6RObekMtkfohrPUs37uzHnA6zg5cIsalHERjUrNN/RQ9wgUT5EDExyco:sObekYkfohrP337uzHnA6cHswHE/6gUY

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:
Gimp

Display publisher:
Gimp

Display version:
1.0

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


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