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setup-openoffice.exe

Freemium GmbH

The application setup-openoffice.exe by Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.winsoftware.de.
Publisher:
Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fa8edbb79c4ac81c34750a388cda03ad

SHA-1:
9b1f559225b971718833b6ce85bbc87b0f0e2a22

SHA-256:
a20dd22743e5eb96130da2321112eaa4a01f60c299d1424f5866aaf753532650

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.

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:
11/23/2024 11:36:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Freemium.Bundler (M)
16.3.5.21

File size:
604.9 KB (619,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup-openoffice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/29/2014 4:41:38 PM

Valid to:
12/29/2015 4:41:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Freemium GmbH, O=Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00FEAC9D237F1C5C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2015 9:37:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pEPwHWilvhxahhXUn8LwdVH4NOE2guVX177a6uMmUL:2/ix70tUn8LwdV2b2pVF77a2HL

Entry address:
0x24FD1

Entry point:
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Code size:
329 KB (336,896 bytes)

The file setup-openoffice.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.winsoftware.de/start-download.php?id=8692

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