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Application Setup

Softonic International

The application avg pc tuneup 2014.exe by Softonic International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softonic Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from avg-pc-tuneup.en.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Softonic International  (signed and verified)

Product:
Application Setup

Version:
1.41.4.2

MD5:
f432c58b6bd36a98e6fbda05bdf4e25a

SHA-1:
0a080bfd90c37939dc87117ad0cc2a108307de54

SHA-256:
ce8d247448d22a59611984e70da807aa699455a22c5d11f21a428072c359ef41

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
6/23/2025 11:43:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.Downloader
4.0.3.1494

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftonicDownloader (variant)
8.10351

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13230

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3303

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Softonic
v2014.09.04.10

Reason Heuristics
Bundler.PPI.Softonic.S
14.9.4.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32754

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.215056
2.0.0.1908

File size:
358.8 KB (367,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.41.4.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softonic Downloader

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avg pc tuneup 2014.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softonic International, 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:
67C1FF44C765ABDA26027A6DCA52BA11

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/25/2014 4:52:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:RyUaIP7XD+xXlAvrQLVFIYozeikMNG9lhRQRioCbDKFZsJjrx53oSttVAK0ZJGQ:RyBeCMQR+zqgG9lzoCPKns5ToStt98P

Entry address:
0xF7370

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, F5, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 27, 59, 0F, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 60, E3, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9623  (probably packed)

Code size:
316 KB (323,584 bytes)

The file avg pc tuneup 2014.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://avg-pc-tuneup.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch

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