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dangerous-dave.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 dangerous-dave.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 difgbq95ss5ww.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec3f50969249bc6c06352d034496fc28

SHA-1:
4495220b11c8e2debe7dbff99f70038cd3df8e64

SHA-256:
8d46649fe7aa3c1c6469e535ef819107085a01b45f6217ddfd527b82213f7335

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 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:
4/30/2024 4:55:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Soft32Downloader
2015.02.16

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Kranet.ponai
7.11.210.88

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3192

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.052

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
9.7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AdBundle
v2015.02.21.04

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Html.SoftDownload.cvvset
0.30.0.65070

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.b22
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32
15.2.21.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783370
37588

File size:
919.5 KB (941,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\dangerous-dave.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/4/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, STREET=Str. Costache Negri Nr 9 Apartament 1, L=Sibiu, S=RO, PostalCode=550402, C=RO

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

Serial number:
5C97D3EAAA49D29938CA0FA32520A363

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2015 1:08:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jAlyrY4pSAUKKkHm12I+w5NrN6vCkFebzYdd:jAlgRNKp9+ON6vCkWza

Entry address:
0x2FADD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 62, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, DD, FF, C7, 87, 14, EC, 25, 00, F1, D0, D6, 10, 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:
7.8875

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

Code size:
860 KB (880,640 bytes)

The file dangerous-dave.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://difgbq95ss5ww.cloudfront.net/20150215/.../dangerous-dave.exe

http://dangerous-dave.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../

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