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updater.exe

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 updater.exe, “Software Updater ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.

File name:

updater.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Software Updater

Description:

Software Updater

Version:

2.0.6.7

MD5:

474bc5086b66c9f5b9b58b70c58a8a3d

SHA-1:

1362d5a7dd1377634d99ff3e9f4d5a03a985538c

SHA-256:

3a2475063ad6553ed3e0d3a71f072c373e2cec2323bae2256bade6cc47ebd38c

Scanner detections:

38 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/23/2024 12:06:10 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.E

6324531

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

15.03.28

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AgentCV.A.3144

7.11.143.202

avast!

Win32:Installer-L [PUP]

2014.9-150328

AVG

Adware BundleApp.CP

2014.0.4311

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461

1.0.20.435

Bkav FE

W32.FamVT.VBCriptK4.Adware

1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-6

0.98/19073

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

17759

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.2035

9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)

9.9400

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/AirAdInstaller

3/28/2015

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A8.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

5.13.68

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2015.7.3.8

IKARUS anti.virus

Win32.Malware

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11784

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2015.03.28.08

McAfee

Artemis!BBF4C4E16EA0

5600.6812

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.148461

16.0.0.261

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwgpbr

0.28.0.59288

Norman

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.1

03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824744

14.03.17.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.03.28.08

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5

3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software

15.3.28.20

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15326

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.97

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.AirInstaller/Variant

9969

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0428

7.2.87

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Iminent

26304

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.176

2.0.0.1835

File size:

752.4 KB (770,472 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.6.7

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\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:

4/23/2014 12:48:20 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:Bx5Eg69iaJKNVocBGw0+ANoq4ed3k05tFDkl/mUdqrAOt/704RVhlFgeCKsxM7K:hEFiaJciRwRAx3Zk5KrAOt/FXDFANM7K

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:

7.9357

Packer / compiler:

ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:

1.6 MB (1,721,856 bytes)

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