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softonic_it_1-4-9.exe

Softonic International

The application softonic_it_1-4-9.exe by Softonic International 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.softonic.it.
Publisher:
Softonic International  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bd6420d57f7e1e75268eeffda5bbe50d

SHA-1:
ae932dff9a230b640607ec798f7ce2970bcf4df0

SHA-256:
a23f5f375b241c653e5e27d27ff437ade878d98859d1786c4459fc12dd386be0

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:
11/23/2024 10:44:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic.Installer (M)
15.11.13.10

File size:
24.8 MB (26,036,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\softonic_it_1-4-9.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/7/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softonic International, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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:
2A56CB1B389346B3ED08FF404A771E62

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):
786432:vsS/2lU/Qv/sm3xkDpKhKP4kQSlMN1bxUZR:EU2lU/QvURpK4D82

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_it_1-4-9.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.softonic.it/sads?ev=c&directdownload=1&co=XX&sid=2eeff48a5ac18fcd7625d311760e04bd&upv=c9d9893e22320b0fcfa1a86309a1fd6b&z=results&sk=0&params=F24F8F4D368AFA5D32C8A90D9EFD1CBA9EE60C0931362215E704D0BE0299AA656E9CF190DDD67A3AD0D13FE2B3FA23B8E45FC80D79C26DF531E91934EDB322C6B658C786A04B584652037C750870D8FFB09793BEC106FD91EAA37F6D394A6139A43F96BE3EE422D5FDBB9CBDB6D84F5B3A52E13C51FE742DB192C7F5D437C385&h=143181E8035635D2AD60C4B71EDE11B44C53C10B8B0CCF0FA0638A8D53D48E70&f=333076&d=http://dplus.softonic.it/.../333076&hot=1

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