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yahoo_setup.exe

Y! Chat Messenger

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 yahoo_setup.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Y! Chat Messenger

Version:
2.0.3.26

MD5:
cd8718c0b5439d08e47d4d709fdee43c

SHA-1:
72b51dbb4c4b0db11926be743e2916d04ec0ed91

SHA-256:
19040b46b8cc7c8d0cfe5199973cfb3ce73ea22d5656cc128ae00d7c78e3d979

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:12:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AirAdInstaller.K.17
7.11.213.76

avast!
Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]
2014.9-160214

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
21280

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.A7.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15148

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
16.02.14.02

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.16212

Sophos
PUA 'AirInstaller'
5.11

Trend Micro House Call
HV_ZYX_CA082EC9.TOMC
7.2.45

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
37788

File size:
2.1 MB (2,191,592 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.3.26

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AirInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\yahoo_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/1/2013 11:59:59 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:
36D5AA8967E82240D5AFEC2F301B54ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2012 5:09:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:+LMwbKZw5dyvRU8v1T2aodECAXWqeo1sMOdgIijFk4vZtKgJfSYv1gazADtjqS:qMEgvRU8v1bodECJo1sMO6jFk4HKgJfQ

Entry address:
0x149A0D

Entry point:
E8, E4, 93, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, 0D, 5E, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 6B, 94, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, F2, 22, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, D9, 96, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, D4, 22, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, EF, 11, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4877

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,568,256 bytes)

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