» cutepdfwriter-setup.exe
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cutepdfwriter-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application cutepdfwriter-setup.exe by Download Admin 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.softreviews.co and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Admin (signed and verified)

MD5:

af0f490b58bfc1fe5550572642f6bf46

SHA-1:

9e05f555ba0e928fd7919752e3d30f994f4a825d

SHA-256:

02ca136a640eb729e5c45bd2335e7a5be44b794c55c9032ab9876a8c3f8044f8

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:

4/25/2024 10:40:29 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.T

14.9.8.1

File size:

75.9 MB (79,581,512 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\cutepdfwriter-setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Admin

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/19/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/29/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:

2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/17/2014 9:35:36 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:qxpJMyVWJ0q4kfS6wKhmcRf6vEh7+KAFgtp51idtDWEqOWtVr2/NoPH48:WpanJ0ZkKIh7mFgfidtDWEn20/No

Entry address:

0x3341

Entry point:

81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

0.1654

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file cutepdfwriter-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=google&c=SoftRev_CutePDF_CCCA&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&bc=1084078&country=CA&cb=496867929&zTmp=1

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=1084078

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