mavis beacon teaches typing deluxe setup.exe

I.T.N.T. SRL

This the Soft32 ad-supported download manager that bundles additional PUP offers. "During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. The download manager is in no way affiliated or endorsed by the author of this product." The application mavis beacon teaches typing deluxe setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from mavis-beacon-teaches-typing-deluxe.soft32.com.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
348cf61a73ab20cc334eeb959f355f0a

SHA-1:
0d461533e812988fd618f75c42105402c8c7c60f

SHA-256:
6ec560e38530b7c65436692b745787a56210965f8924ab77ac78838fb096f41a

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The setup file is part of the Soft32.com download and install manager. It is an ad-supported installer and attempts to get the user to install various adware toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications or other potentially unwanted programs. If a sponsored software offer such as a toolbar is installed it might change the User’s home page, default search settings and 404 traffic. Note, the software installed by Soft32 is probably safe, just the installer is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:30:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Soft32Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Soft32Downloader
2015.02.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.138.26

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Soft32downloader
0.98/20119

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Soft32Downloader.S
17962

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.971
9.0.1.058

ESET NOD32
Win32/Soft32Downloader.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Softdownmgr
2/27/2015

F-Prot
W32/Soft32Download.C.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.1915113

Malwarebytes
PUP.Soft32Downloader
v2015.02.27.05

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downloader.cvxhzw
0.28.0.58873

nProtect
Adware/W32.Agent.1116952
14.03.20.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32.Installer
15.2.27.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Soft32Downloader!1.9C52
23.00.65.15225

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Downloader/Variant
10028

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1124
7.2.58

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.DownloadWare.mz
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Soft32Downloader
27576

File size:
1.1 MB (1,116,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\evell\mavis beacon teaches typing deluxe setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2C5182859A028A663B668C63FE5C1CD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2013 5:51:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:B6PDA0uON4W1bxn3x9rgJqXeejyFMOmUn3:BYDA0uON4WJx3zrgJqOH6i

Entry address:
0x371970

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 67, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, D9, FF, C7, 87, 34, 9C, 2C, 00, 22, 8E, 56, 60, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8942

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
1 MB (1,060,864 bytes)

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