Software informer. Adware / Malware - most likely

Software informer.
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There seem to be a lot of controversy on whether a Russian made software piece called Software Informer is malware/adware or not. http://aroundsap.blogspot.com/2007/08/remove-software-informer-system.html

I believe it is an adware and must be avoided - like anything associated with RBN. If you search for software updates, you often run into links poisoned by their ads like this

hxxp://aventail-access-manager.software.informer.com/download/

or this

hxxp://camera-assistant-software.software.informer.com/

 
"IP range (208.88.224.0/24) from files.informer.com (IP = 208.88.224.211) is in the RBN block rules.

http://www.emergingthreats.net/rules/emerging-rbn-BLOCK.rules

The domains in this range are not trustworthy
http://www.robtex.com/cnet/208.88.224.html
 

Download the file --> hxxp://files.informer.com/siinst.exe (MD5: f81ccc88fe9c73d54a3bbc72e760265b / Size: 744'538 Bytes)

MScan results and malware references:
http://www.prevx.com/filenames/992203412255399746-X1/SIINST.EXE.html

https://cwsandbox.org/?page=report&analysisid=1880194&password=olrslygvxt

http://anubis.iseclab.org/?action=result&task_id=1a804cba493323ae4d112c322bc862e87&format=html


Virustotal
File siinst.exe received on 2009.12.14 23:41:57 (UTC)

Result: 0/40 (0.00%)
File size: 744538 bytes
MD5 : f81ccc88fe9c73d54a3bbc72e760265b

There are multiple references online calling it adware and spyware.