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spassist.exe

SoftPlanet Software Assistant

Secure Download

The application spassist.exe by Secure Download has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Secure Download Ltd.  (signed by Secure Download)

Product:
SoftPlanet Software Assistant

Version:
1.19.0.0

MD5:
385817c3cf32df5900a397e5a4f1bfb3

SHA-1:
ca8b61c0baf855e288e7cf95d8f768e92f991f33

SHA-256:
b69601d0cbe2088e5a2d7dd632d59682fc9ae6825eaabc36497a432e32469b39

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.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 6:33:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD (M)
17.2.6.0

File size:
4.3 MB (4,511,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
© 2013-2014 Secure Download Ltd.

Original file name:
spassist.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\softplanet software assistant\spassist.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Download

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/1/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secure Download, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Secure Download, L=Varna, S=Varna, C=BG

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:
33603C68EE7C09737EB44A0122AD5A1D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/9/2013 2:05:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x3BC590

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 54, E7, 7A, 00, E8, 4F, 23, C5, FF, E8, 9A, A5, C4, FF, 85, C0, 7E, 07, E8, E5, 20, FF, FF, EB, 2F, 68, E8, C5, 7B, 00, 6A, FF, 6A, 00, E8, A5, 5C, C5, FF, 8B, D8, 85, DB, 74, 1B, E8, D2, 5D, C5, FF, 3D, B7, 00, 00, 00, 74, 0F, E8, BE, 20, FF, FF, 85, DB, 74, 06, 53, E8, 2C, 5C, C5, FF, 5B, E8, AE, CD, C4, FF, 00, 00, 7B, 00, 37, 00, 46, 00, 37, 00, 45, 00, 43, 00, 44, 00, 39, 00, 35, 00, 2D, 00, 43, 00, 43, 00, 36, 00, 34, 00, 2D, 00, 34, 00, 32, 00, 38, 00, 30, 00, 2D, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,913,728 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SoftPlanet Software Assistant

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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