sony ccd-trv99 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Interactive Install

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application sony ccd-trv99 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL has been detected as adware 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.maxrevinstaller.com.
Publisher:
Live Soft Action S.R.L.  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
Interactive Install

Version:
8.23.1.1

MD5:
aafdf26295a135ba657ea3ef80836aca

SHA-1:
85aa4c241e27bd7713435b214fdbd47790716c94

SHA-256:
ef951bfa5bfa66a47529ad14834e085bdaf7823592c06828d4633fce96eb21ac

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 2:56:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.5.9

File size:
714 KB (731,136 bytes)

Product version:
8.23.1.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft Action S.R.L. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sony ccd-trv99 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/18/2014 9:50:37 AM

Valid to:
5/29/2015 10:34:53 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, OU=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, L=Bucharest, S=ROMANIA, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121FC42685A77DFEC574BF9851EA55E2ADB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/2/2014 8:44:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1A70D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, EF, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9019

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
620 KB (634,880 bytes)

The file sony ccd-trv99 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.maxrevinstaller.com/api/.../setup.exe