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Software Informer

Softdeluxe Ltd.

The application siinst.exe, “Software Informer Setup ” by Softdeluxe 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Informer Technologies, Inc.   (signed by Softdeluxe Ltd.)

Product:
Software Informer

Description:
Software Informer Setup

MD5:
5251ce9d7205f9a10786b5c99c6cbea7

SHA-1:
eb27ab70fcf243579f1241dfc438b8bbc561cc46

SHA-256:
0dc7b079f9efc22013a57e1f4cb464d0a8e03c897fa40379b8f98212d01a379b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/4/2024 5:12:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softdeluxe.Informer.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.13

File size:
3.4 MB (3,569,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softdeluxe Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softdeluxe Ltd., O=Softdeluxe Ltd., STREET="Universitetskaya St., 19", L=Dubna, S=Moscow region, PostalCode=141980, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2E75CC2B1043779E577FAA449BCE00A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 4:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:c+x5GSN7nyc7D1bLTURx1bfxzD8xN0R69pa5y9aRHIEqqGWC5rjo8eM3zpi+h5gl:1xJRKxJpsiy9a+vWChX3zp9hXm

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9878

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file siinst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://software.informer.com/.../go2.php?d1

http://cd-rom-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/content/.../siinst_0.exe

http://cd-rom-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/content/.../siinst_2.exe

http://software-informer.software.informer.com/.../

http://files.informer.com/siinst.exe

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