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audacity_he.exe

SoftInstall

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application audacity_he.exe by SoftInstall 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from safe.to.download.downloadastro.com.
Publisher:
SoftInstall  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bc5b0deb30a8d59121586a8990448006

SHA-1:
b24773f0c5002550fc6700b85a854dc1258ea76e

SHA-256:
017d86c0f5e611400bc5b4b491159acc958894b64873bbe3c2568b0715db81a8

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:
4/16/2024 8:52:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.SoftInst (M)
16.7.13.8

File size:
661.3 KB (677,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SoftInstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/28/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SoftInstall, O=SoftInstall, STREET=2/8 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5AF66A3F1444C79E1F9C72BAEE368786

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pLvp8Z8txNxC3YB1gtTufaiTsuGQhIYSCBALZ7WL9YutUcAWmg9dfm2aWAsjlKMM:pLv+azNc0eYfai4ZQShkWg9RArims/jA

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8712

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://safe.to.download.downloadastro.com/.../audacity_he.exe

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