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Sogine

CPC Net adVertising LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application avast.exe, “Sogine Setup ” by CPC Net adVertising has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
CPC Net adVertising LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Sogine

Description:
Sogine Setup

Version:
1.2.5.7

MD5:
7b79e2ceadb1e141bfef897335cd2b9c

SHA-1:
f57457272df424879d799bd808c343d324122fd3

SHA-256:
8ea68adb7c144517ef2b6d4f1907e5746eb278cd9f7f6c82485a058c96fb11c7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 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:
12/26/2024 4:42:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.1.15.11

File size:
946 KB (968,696 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CPC Net adVertising LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/13/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CPC Net adVertising LLC, OU=IT, O=CPC Net adVertising LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DELAWARE, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
23B0D113EC3AE95B6BF021F5984257B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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