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picasa_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application picasa_setup.exe by Soft Downloads 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 Adlogica Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadinfo101.com.
Publisher:
Soft Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
64438e75d80876e51328178452690c1d

SHA-1:
cb888277a232b549953550695618d9ddef017b44

SHA-256:
f1df960db71167eb3049b94f6c8b0118db1cd92958eed2aad3971a559b151fb9

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 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:
12/29/2024 6:18:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.SoftDown.Bundler (M)
16.3.21.12

File size:
781.9 KB (800,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Soft Downloads

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/14/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/14/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

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

Serial number:
00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3iHFTaSsIOSj9eYueoLK6TVFpipUGT0hb+M9:ylGSPOSgdekV3ctU

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8866

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadinfo101.com/download/62/.../?_s=22h5t2ke28ho3d30n6mda0rgph36g3fciddj3q34t7f5ch49mvd1-8a0d7d78c4e3ab8280efda11144c1ceb

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