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softonicupdate.exe

Softonic International SA

The application softonicupdate.exe by Softonic International SA 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.
Publisher:
Softonic International SA  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d2d5e7cbb31c99691bf5b62cbba490e7

SHA-1:
ebeb6a72d3d5b582cddc1ca870e836fd9c1e2903

SHA-256:
af6a61712b32073347abbca7b69d816ad464b06168b4b4510cd0fe3d74ff8781

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:24:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic (M)
16.10.21.0

File size:
2.2 MB (2,272,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\softonicassistant\performingupdates\softonicupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International SA

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/14/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/15/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International SA, O=Softonic International SA, 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:
4D29D6E70680A46F4373C81F530344D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 3:19:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:55f/Vty2feYmvMlLr6LLLXLL1LLLegLL+wLLLrgE2+LkOhERx80Xd6E1L//hiUOj:55f/Vty2feYmvMlLr6LLLXLL1LLLegLE

Entry address:
0x39E3

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, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
4.8761

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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