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photopospro_setup.exe

PowerOfSOftware Ltd.

The application photopospro_setup.exe by PowerOfSOftware 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 is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com.
Publisher:
PowerOfSOftware Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f622e435e95ef305927e416f0ebc47a6

SHA-1:
526ef149f33a847c1479af224383cab00a2f59cd

SHA-256:
1e8c94ddb06e797c8ee06c4ff6a9647609b108daa9daefd3cf2eed5c7b4a6bc7

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:
1/24/2025 1:40:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PowerOfSOftware.R
14.7.27.14

File size:
46.8 MB (49,065,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\photopospro_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PowerOfSOftware Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/15/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PowerOfSOftware Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PowerOfSOftware Ltd., L=Rison Le-Ziyyon, S=ISRAEL, C=IL

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:
71932DC939C36251EE6F4F64D0086F55

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/31/2010 4:32:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:KdNS+NAOqMwgKLQ/MBEg/iS8MFwMlzD2o8qx61ugeYDlXqsbRj8RpJxTvjksLzev:2NyNf8/M//iS8VMlO2x66sbFSTA6SVWd

Entry address:
0x29432

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 88, C8, 42, 00, 68, C0, 8C, 42, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 38, C1, 42, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 20, 39, 48, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 1C, 39, 48, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 18, 39, 48, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 14, 39, 48, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, E0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, 33, 14, 00, 00, FF, 15, 0C, C1, 42, 00, A3, 20, 3E, 48, 00, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
171 KB (175,104 bytes)

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

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/25/43/.../photopospro_setup.exe

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