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COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

The application sony_pc_companion_web_cb-dl-manager.exe, “Software Setup ” by COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d5.computerbild.de.
Publisher:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software

Description:
Software Setup

MD5:
469934d0ee577f6756a54a2432adc757

SHA-1:
316f63f37eb847e217b08dfae1294d91b915572e

SHA-256:
320417f51938703a01b769a0856e54b78b7a9e5c9d4e01942c743716440d3150

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.

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 12:05:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus (M)
16.8.3.2

File size:
504.6 KB (516,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\sony_pc_companion_web_cb-dl-manager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, O=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3FA913BCFD78C2AA7C07414BB8442483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 9:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LSxG05888888888888W88888888888YMk50GG7/uuzggp6NMWfpRoNtqJPBV:+xGfB0G6BzzwNMWPPX

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file sony_pc_companion_web_cb-dl-manager.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d5.computerbild.de/downloadguides/.../Sony_PC_Companion_Web_CB-DL-Manager.exe

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