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cutepdfprinter-setup.exe

Tucows Inc.

The application cutepdfprinter-setup.exe by Tucows has been detected as adware 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.mirror1.info.
Publisher:
Tucows Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a22b18c028dbe0cae71a20122361caba

SHA-1:
be42881344b7e012cff77833af58728815e01fe9

SHA-256:
2a8c88491bedda4cc36f8b97b05685194b74f30b742e5bda9235c56bfecb1f5b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:22:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.30.18

File size:
1.2 MB (1,212,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cutepdfprinter-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tucows Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/21/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tucows Inc., O=Tucows Inc., STREET=96 Mowat Ave., L=Toronto, S=Ontario, PostalCode=M6K 3M1, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4A452F2DD2EEA6072814A28EF2F01AEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2012 2:07:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9g44A3isJxwzKcfYXQGByv/LmYeicKLIi8CtcRxEi9uqhRkLC0GzGc:24zEKcfYAGgv/i5i5aRWi9ukqJGzH

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3355

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cutepdfprinter-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.mirror1.info/tucows?tucows_software_id=317507

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