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mecanet.exe

Video Plugin software SL

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application mecanet.exe by Video Plugin software SL 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.archivospc.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c97b1a9090525d5bd24ea3488187409e

SHA-1:
ade0e28e8346c61d6fe9af63ca92afd6cb52d803

SHA-256:
372c0dc50d7e5af72f0018b92b29f8e4c4e1371154baa523d3785c40581ff8e2

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:25:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.29.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,206,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/3/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, STREET=El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
10384504286EDB5BB905D662E110511A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2015 11:04:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xe0E9X6xmY6QsjrpvZ3SlwbCnj+JJJNbk8Djj+hg2T1TDfnUSNqL:Y3h6QYGBxafnj+BtnjKgAZTPN2

Entry address:
0x482000

Entry point:
68, 50, 45, 74, 00, 9C, 60, E8, 75, 06, 00, 00, 34, 20, 48, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4C, 20, 48, 00, 34, 20, 48, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 20, 48, 00, 6A, 20, 48, 00, 79, 20, 48, 00, 88, 20, 48, 00, 96, 20, 48, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4B, 45, 52, 4E, 45, 4C, 33, 32, 2E, 44, 4C, 4C, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 50, 72, 6F, 63, 41, 64, 64, 72, 65, 73, 73, 00, 00, 00, 4C, 6F, 61, 64, 4C, 69, 62, 72, 61, 72, 79, 41, 00, 00, 00, 56, 69, 72, 74, 75...
 
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Code size:
3.7 MB (3,891,894 bytes)

The file mecanet.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ttb.archivospc.com/download/request/52bdb31e5f1c1e9c1e00000c/eQ2L6hbI?__tc=1426706848016&url=http://downloads.archivospc.com/bajar/.../mecanet.exe&caption=MecaNet&fileName=MecaNet

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