cheat engine 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 cheat engine setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cheat-engine.soft32.com.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
79b9f214d71d3a5dabfc4f999f570468

SHA-1:
84062477bd03b60ca7444564baeac07cc7939629

SHA-256:
3117e5ad2d8548fdf7b912e28641e95b53efff9651c654da93951138027c0e52

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 '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:
4/26/2024 1:49:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.767
9.0.1.0247

ESET NOD32
Win32/Soft32Downloader (variant)
9.9461

F-Prot
W32/Soft32Download.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.9.4.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11239

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AdBundle
v2015.09.04.06

McAfee
Downloader-FMA
5600.6653

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32.Installer (M)
15.7.31.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Soft32Downloader!1.9C52
23.00.65.15902

VIPRE Antivirus
Soft32Downloader
26786

File size:
881.4 KB (902,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheat engine setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/26/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/23/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

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:
2C5182859A028A663B668C63FE5C1CD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2012 2:05:53 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:G1rq7biMufdQKwlUB4Sk83pE/x7o3PRjd+amF9:GebiMuf+Kjk83u/x+RJjmF

Entry address:
0x2A75A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 5D, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, E2, FF, C7, 87, 34, CC, 21, 00, BB, 44, 16, 06, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8895

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 bytes)

The file cheat engine setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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