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agsetup183se.exe

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application agsetup183se.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Covus Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
30b3866abac35b341b6db5a914ee2d54

SHA-1:
dcdfa1e9a0b3efbb5f4c1df25889c00d30cd30d8

SHA-256:
0c92aaff292e8a57769052487b201e2c94382b255c7e0fcb36ff488d67155944

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the installer/download manager that include adware components such as Best-markit, and Search Protect (ClientConnect).

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:30:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadGuide (variant)
8.9586

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadGuide
14.3.24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.M
14.3.25.1

File size:
492.8 KB (504,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\agsetup183se.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/28/2013 10:21:57 AM

Valid to:
1/29/2015 10:21:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Covus Freemium GmbH, O=Covus Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211DBCB8A07ED407612FC406EFD259BE29

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2014 11:03:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:LHXqCMcYDsSqKSqxVcUb2N8ZyT5z64YrF6GH8VPflPrlIg3V+T4OeQgq:LHVvYsKSciUb2gydzMuVX1U5Lgq

Entry address:
0x181BC

Entry point:
E8, 6B, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 0B, C8, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 75, 09, 8B, 44, 24, 04, F7, E1, C2, 10, 00, 53, F7, E1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, 64, 24, 14, 03, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, E1, 03, D3, 5B, C2, 10, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 8C, 5D, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4...
 
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Code size:
138.5 KB (141,824 bytes)

The file agsetup183se.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/58/19/.../agsetup183se.exe

http://www.audiograbber.org/.../agsetup

http://www.audiograbber.de/downloads/.../agsetup

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