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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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from free-download-manager.ar.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FreeDownloadManager.ORG   (signed by Softdeluxe Ltd.)

Product:
Free Download Manager

Description:
Free Download Manager Setup

MD5:
cbe50be3401b2a7924190fbeca5640dd

SHA-1:
f749baffa25afd2ed0aea9df45007bf3add1e55c

SHA-256:
4361e48b499bf2480fe3d0ef8ac004107cd91db6b8d802fe8c964458ff93ecb5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:06:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
7.7 MB (8,060,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\fdminst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softdeluxe Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/12/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 12:59:59 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 9:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:yswOPjDhjm09XWsvS4M0GWBh5BtFGW2hfZVEBet3xDx:2OL1minPLBTIWAEBkH

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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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 7 URLs.

http://free-download-manager.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqWIp52okZk=

http://f0.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst_3.9.4.exe

http://dl3.vessoft.com/files2/.../fdminst.exe

http://free-download-manager.software.informer.com/.../

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/f74/9ba/.../fdminst-3-9-4-1485.exe

http://f0.freedownloadmanager.org/fdminst.exe

http://download.vessoft.com/files/.../fdminst.exe

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