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download-microsoft-office-2007.exe

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application download-microsoft-office-2007.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from go.redirectingat.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Covus Freemium GmbH (signed and verified)

MD5:

f023cd4bdfb94b3f5adb734f09daef88

SHA-1:

055cfe18e2370b5357d09dfcc7ea7afee419079c

SHA-256:

f1f600fde536c02134358b73cfafd12944182287683e862a662fa74727d326b0

Scanner detections:

1 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/24/2024 5:31:37 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Covus.CovusFre.Bundler (M)

16.7.4.20

File size:

582.6 KB (596,608 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Covus

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\download-microsoft-office-2007.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/28/2013 11:21:57 AM

Valid to:

1/29/2015 11:21:57 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:

12/16/2014 7:52:05 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:6Pc8rl9RiIMR1vhdl/JpHHAWxO+dg+euVX1pVq527fopkH:x8panR1vhnJRAWk+dRVFpVN7foq

Entry address:

0x21E91

Entry point:

E8, BC, 66, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, F1, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 16, E8, 2F, 1A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, D3, 19, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 08, 77, 13, E8, 13, 1A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, B7, 19, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 75, 33, C9, 39, 5D, 10, 88, 1E, 0F, 95, C1, 41, 39, 4D, 08, 77, 09, E8, F0, 19, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, DB, 8B, 4D, 0C, 83, C1, FE, 83, F9, 22, 77, C9, 8B, CE, 39, 5D, 10, 74, 0B, 33, DB, 43, C6, 06, 2D, 8D, 4E, 01, F7, D8, 8B, F9... 
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Entropy:

6.9654

Code size:

318 KB (325,632 bytes)

The file download-microsoft-office-2007.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X363&site=techradar.com&xs=1&isjs=1&url=http://www.tr.downloads-hub.com/download/resolve/129&xguid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http://www.techradar.com/.../microsoft-office-2007&pref=http://l.facebook.com/lsr.php?u=http://www.techradar.com/.../microsoft-office-2007&ext=1418846790&hash=AcksQKdB4bMHpeXzBl1NKbMgs9Wm0GgOA4_lB1l4xJuLeg&xtz=-120

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