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fdminst.exe

Free Download Manager

Softdeluxe Ltd.

The application fdminst.exe, “Free Download Manager Setup ” by Softdeluxe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pc-magazin.de and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FreeDownloadManager.ORG   (signed by Softdeluxe Ltd.)

Product:
Free Download Manager

Description:
Free Download Manager Setup

MD5:
927d24c73668208e5cfbcc99ecc023d0

SHA-1:
c2f923dc1ed23f7703de6ea559d66eca98482869

SHA-256:
d971cb7d1971884ecc2a3862cc79c34b03c5dcd6ebaa8001f7a3f022feb1b731

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:24:13 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softdeluxe.FreeDown.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.13

File size:
7.7 MB (8,058,944 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\free download manager\update\fdminst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softdeluxe Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/12/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softdeluxe Ltd., O=Softdeluxe Ltd., STREET="Universitetskaya St., 19", L=Dubna, S=Moscow region, PostalCode=141980, C=RU

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

Serial number:
2E75CC2B1043779E577FAA449BCE00A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 11:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:wswOPjqmn9E/BHrOX0tA761EnTp5eBKGfniYc6xDp:gOLqk9gBLib+1EnTPegGKoT

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9970

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file fdminst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.pc-magazin.de/web/.../?token=4e9c822f-a7ce-11e4-989d-90b11c4b83c4

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../fdminst1481.exe

&onid=2071&oid=3001-2071_4-10301621&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=internet/dl-managers&topicbrcrm=windows software&pid=13928985&mfgid=6258925&merid=6258925&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=3f64e45c527a796b0d16e9fc&viewguid=RqGBFabyVMg-5cu21fYl8XTk4niGK4ys3Xzr&destUrl=http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/92/89/.../fdminst.exe

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