microsoft office 2013 home premium preview setup.exe

Zulu Soft 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 microsoft office 2013 home premium preview setup.exe by Zulu Soft SRL 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 Soft32 Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
Zulu Soft SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e80a1c56ece6ff14f44443c1030822ee

SHA-1:
ffcaa5a89a60ef95ab525c673dcf7151aa292f92

SHA-256:
334340eb3f4a1203b37ce1255bb4e38ebb744283ea296f163458c146c3f7bbd3

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 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:
12/23/2024 12:39:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32 (M)
17.3.16.2

File size:
744.2 KB (762,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft office 2013 home premium preview setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/4/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zulu Soft SRL, O=Zulu Soft SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO, SERIALNUMBER=J32/987/2007, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=RO

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22D4D7E5042BE9C2999CB05C4CA2BB4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9552

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file microsoft office 2013 home premium preview setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://microsoft-office-2013.soft32.com/get/file/id/820155/?lp=dsa&tg=id&kw=_cat:soft32.com&mt=b&ad=33471869317&pl=&ds=s&utm_expid=81788-5.eGUbT21UQXy-TYbR1pGx-g.0&utm_referrer=http://www.google.co.id/aclk?sa=l&ai=CbKH-qTnjU4n2B5KkugTHmILAAq2hm5IEjcia6Xz4tbCtSggAEAMgtlQoA1CBysiXAmDpgoCA5A2gAYP2_c8DyAEBqQKsK7oUjzqUPqoEIk_QKlhSTgCnaJPn4rEkDee3tPC4-xWISJAT_m69hStyDAmABZBOoAYsgAfliYIwkAcDqAemvhs&sig=AOD64_36-F9z7-UvPdswM3aFdiPcH1VHKw&rct=j&q=&ved=0CC4Q0Qw&adurl=http://microsoft-office-2013.soft32.com//?lp=dsa&tg=id&kw=_cat:soft32.com&mt=b&ad=33471869317&pl=&ds=s&uid=14074074622633a1f8319ecc074d7cf8df3b1998dd&_ga=789932732.1407407463&gclid=CMrr9635gMACFUYnjgodaYYARw