softonic_en_1-5-11.exe

The application softonic_en_1-5-11.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from en-sv.softonic-cube.net.
MD5:
c9932636a802bc2a12f73ccca7a4cd1c

SHA-1:
b6c22053661528a15be75744c7c32546e76ac4a1

SHA-256:
7bf4d175421d34b695110315fdbfc4af6a1e2220e8689819f426cc56bef36efe

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 6:49:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
160327-1

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic.Installer (M)
16.4.12.18

File size:
2 MB (2,082,003 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\softonic_en_1-5-11.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:X5f/Vty2feYmvMlLr6LLLXLL1LLLegLL+wLLLrgE2+LkOhERx80Xd6E1L/djlHA5:X5f/Vty2feYmvMlLr6LLLXLL1LLLegLh

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file softonic_en_1-5-11.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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