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yahoo messenger.exe

taskhost

Volvan Premium SL

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application yahoo messenger.exe by Volvan Premium SL 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.softdls.com.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
d2d0babcebe0adf19e90b9b561259aa9

SHA-1:
a0ea779e65e19f183e80425029cfdef0737b1f05

SHA-256:
062eb69574de2396921ad15a1e793670c054454cf32e7b3fc1cc397315d091a6

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 4:32:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.18.6

File size:
1.1 MB (1,200,080 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volvan Premium SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volvan Premium SL, O=Volvan Premium SL, 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:
248F413947247E20924C496ECEB61F8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2015 9:40:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:V8vLvb1yMby1E51gyoMD/9+rSOPTW8prB:VWtbKELB6rhW8hB

Entry address:
0x21486

Entry point:
E8, 5D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, F5, 26, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 83, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 2F, 36, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 8C, ED, 49, 00, E8, 8F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, FC, B0, 4A, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 84, ED, 49, 00, E8, DE, 27, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.4665

Code size:
230 KB (235,520 bytes)

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

http://ttb.softdls.com/download/request/.../whPVPNuW?__tc=1420397395.196&mkwid=LdPpg5fG&pcrid=3155072518&kword=messenger yahoo&match=p&fileName=yahoo-messenger

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