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PDManager.exe

Premier Download Manager

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application PDManager.exe by Hudson Exchange Group 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 file is typically installed with the program Premier Download Manager by Mindspark Interactive Network which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Installer Technology ©  (signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC)

Product:
Premier Download Manager

Description:
PDManager

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
dd1f21450ba5cd3dd553aa56c987d070

SHA-1:
d958ddd8a593663d5acb33f2b14865c7dd4e58a1

SHA-256:
4d2abc9b11c9f43b91e6f68c02fee6b81754a7757e4fdb11587e4c728750497c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/23/2024 10:45:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.17.13

File size:
730.9 KB (748,480 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology © 2014

Original file name:
PDManager.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\premierdownloadmanager\pdmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/11/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/1/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", O="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", L=Woodcliff Lake, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5B78F4208F4D587B6FA9A6AF8EC8FD12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/19/2014 8:29:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xAC7DE

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.7935

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
682 KB (698,368 bytes)

The file PDManager.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Premier Download Manager  by Mindspark Interactive Network
This is a download manager program that bundles an extra search extension. This potentially unwanted web browser extension will modify the web browser home page and search provider to Ask.com.
free.premierdownloadmanager.com
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