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soundcloud_downloader.exe

Xpress Installer

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application soundcloud_downloader.exe by Xpress Installer 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcfileddl.com.
Publisher:
Xpress Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
89ac79fd3b0fe51b955af4f6d1b3dbed

SHA-1:
a15fb8f3af4cad791d6b4d7278e4ae96af1230a5

SHA-256:
4669f0e915a268c79fdda10f2e09a831f8704bc84d2d648c8a69f64fc071fdff

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:54:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix (M)
16.8.10.8

File size:
1.1 MB (1,145,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\soundcloud_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xpress Installer

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/28/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Xpress Installer, OU=Xpress Installer, O=Xpress Installer, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

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

Serial number:
426A40A18F4F86A9762818361D0BB535

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2015 12:57:24 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ntb20pkaCqT5TBWgNQ7aOQ8P/Fb5gB8It6n86AZ:+Vg5tQ7aOpP/F2+785Z

Entry address:
0x25F74

Entry point:
E8, 6A, CE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, A3, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0536

Code size:
557.5 KB (570,880 bytes)

The file soundcloud_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pcfileddl.com/download.php?campaignId=115&filename=SoundCloud_Downloader.exe&subid1=16yar&subid2=moba&subid3=moc13a_cir9a&subid4=soundcloud_soundcloud&subid5=lp2_nobs<>61831-012298187<>soundcloud

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