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fdminst.exe

Free Download Manager

Softdeluxe Ltd.

The application fdminst.exe, “Free Download Manager Setup ” by Softdeluxe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from dfc.mediaformatconverter.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FreeDownloadManager.ORG   (signed by Softdeluxe Ltd.)

Product:
Free Download Manager

Description:
Free Download Manager Setup

MD5:
93d397663707fd2f99c2298fa9e381f8

SHA-1:
e763577cb0054d8d1d5d3edc90e8d069aa6ac533

SHA-256:
9e33539cc2e70e707613ddc465687d70804d1ed22334fe97c96096440a1a4db9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 12:59:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softdeluxe.FreeDown.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.13

File size:
7.7 MB (8,060,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softdeluxe Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softdeluxe Ltd., O=Softdeluxe Ltd., STREET="Universitetskaya St., 19", L=Dubna, S=Moscow region, PostalCode=141980, C=RU

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

Serial number:
2E75CC2B1043779E577FAA449BCE00A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 2:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:jswOPjxHd2gb7Kse2CrpUxmFFF4EmADPXGwosI5/rxDZ:/OLhd2gb+rpZk4D/jI5Dr

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9971

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file fdminst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 21 URLs.

http://dfc.mediaformatconverter.com/download/bin/ww/.../setup.exe

http://download.informer.com/.../fdminst.exe

http://filehippo.com/it/download/file/.../

http://www.filehippo.com/download/file/.../

&onid=2071&oid=3001-2071_4-10301621&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=internet/dl-managers&topicbrcrm=&pid=14102369&mfgid=6258925&merid=6258925&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=9bcf5c5a512ec0e0d4b9684d&viewguid=UXKqJ27M3SrkozBUDg@Yq4ZHmrgSuuXIRIsH&destUrl=http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/10/23/.../fdminst.exe

http://free-download-manager.software.informer.com/.../

http://free-download-manager.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=8yS3 KGEYLiw7GKMHzA/trmsvRChbxdrflJq3ZIylWtYBgkfBSGVUfFEc9RcKaBZW0TYDv06/trKymKL uRJPqlWzMlxJR4mhkmvr4QGNnNPc//AB2XkoBol9XOrzZnu XzvLs2l6gqTAJXmWz3fmT3z5S2JOEXOSCxSp6OCGo8=

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://software.thaiware.com/download_url.php?id=4165

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../fdminst394_1485.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://files.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst.exe

http://free-download-manager.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqSQppynlpo=

http://files2.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst3.exe

http://www.downloadbar.com/download.htm?id=148&fl=http://.../fdminst3.exe

http://fs32.filehippo.com/4690/.../fdminst.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://files2.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst.exe

http://lib.giveawayoftheday.com/Free_Download_Manager_48505/.../?cff7a25

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/10/23/.../fdminst.exe

http://208.88.224.211/fdminst.exe

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