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ace of spades setup.exe

I.T.N.T. SRL

This the Soft32 ad-supported download manager that bundles additional PUP offers. "During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. The download manager is in no way affiliated or endorsed by the author of this product." The application ace of spades setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ace-of-spades.soft32.com.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f852e37d72d698d06f079b73376e4a29

SHA-1:
ec9d684743c8c74768106b6e37fcc765d8cde0c4

SHA-256:
ba77985ddc5b2e16384804aa8051513fee79863ba7195d2fe46a0c29b895b5e1

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The setup file is part of the Soft32.com download and install manager. It is an ad-supported installer and attempts to get the user to install various adware toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications or other potentially unwanted programs. If a sponsored software offer such as a toolbar is installed it might change the User’s home page, default search settings and 404 traffic. Note, the software installed by Soft32 is probably safe, just the installer is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:41:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140306

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.971
9.0.1.065

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Soft32Downloader (variant)
8.9295

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vso media player setup.exe (Adware)
2014.4.5.14

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Soft32.A
v2014.03.06.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ITNTSRL.T
14.3.6.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Soft32Downloader
25452

File size:
521.8 KB (534,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ace of spades setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
I.T.N.T. SRL

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/16/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/19/2016 3:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
01E05385C89B3721A007F02C5178544F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PAInejHNK+tfWjCAg1vRcLRYkqmcA75IfhXatz8gm:489+tuj0RcLRjx7aZSJm

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file ace of spades setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ace-of-spades.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../?

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