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hgtv6platinum.exe

HGTV Home and Landscape Platinum Suite 6

Cadsoft Corporation

The application hgtv6platinum.exe, “Cadsoft Installation ” by Cadsoft has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Cadsoft   (signed by Cadsoft Corporation)

Product:
HGTV Home and Landscape Platinum Suite 6

Description:
Cadsoft Installation

Version:
6.0

MD5:
fbf583ce0574d92a0baae67418b54968

SHA-1:
12f9c60f5bc3f62c3b1377acd2e7851e564d0ea3

SHA-256:
1a403c2f50562525a86536910b624c87aa122bdbc4bc1dafd5fb1fe9842fcd2f

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 10:34:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CadsoftC.Installer (M)
16.7.13.11

File size:
614.9 MB (644,765,624 bytes)

Product version:
6.00, 0, 0

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hgtv6platinum.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cadsoft Corporation

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/3/2015 11:56:24 AM

Valid to:
6/3/2018 12:56:24 PM

Subject:
E=support@cadsoft.com, CN=Cadsoft Corporation, OU=IT, O=Cadsoft Corporation, L=Guelph, S=ON, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212B8CE2933DBB7D94049173BD19F837F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2013 10:38:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12582912:xiMh0mL7DFI+X1Pu2eCfgjd+q6/5bJ7fC0UMApNtWDJOtNJKGxAAnHWnLP:xiZwHi+ZDfAdgCgy4eAASLP

Entry address:
0x181DD

Entry point:
E8, DA, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, F8, A4, 42, 00, E8, 79, F9, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, E8, AD, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, C4, 06, 43, 00, BA, C0, 06, 43, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, B4, F2, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, AB, F2, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 68, F9, FF, FF, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 78, 1B, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000  (probably packed)

Code size:
134 KB (137,216 bytes)

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