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Flash Cookie Cleaner

Consumer Software International

The application flashcookiecleaner.exe by Consumer Software International 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 file is typically installed with the program Flash Cookie Cleaner by ConsumerSoft. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.softpedia.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address waws-prod-blu-013.cloudapp.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
ConsumerSoft  (signed by Consumer Software International)

Product:
Flash Cookie Cleaner

Version:
2.0.0.0

MD5:
c1dbf73e7b1d54634c48f882de0bf5dd

SHA-1:
8d15dcdbca7a11e4b028f81fd959931a7bbaf1c9

SHA-256:
9ff0577cd10d76845dcd2d90f0075fe184389408b35e2376d17b423e6afa26e5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:37:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.ConsumerSoftwareInternational.S
14.2.21.18

File size:
1.6 MB (1,717,640 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Consumer Software International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Consumer Software International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Consumer Software International, L=New York, S=NewYork, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5AC1FF3159B2CD73557715E37E36B63A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2011 4:21:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:k+W6POFjjQYdSHNpgCTAeaIZTpGTwnS3hk/GlNVxV9QkT3LNc+I0aGKrTF:zXTTAe9ZTIJDR9vT3LNc+IZprTF

Entry address:
0x11FCB0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 53, 56, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, EC, B8, BC, DE, 51, 00, E8, 4E, 99, EE, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, A0, FE, 51, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, DB, E8, C1, 39, EE, FF, 85, C0, 75, 2C, A1, D0, 76, 52, 00, 80, 78, 1B, 00, 74, 21, 33, C9, B2, 01, A1, 08, DA, 51, 00, E8, 5C, DF, FF, FF, 8B, F0, 8B, C6, 8B, 10, FF, 92, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E8, 09, 48, EE, FF, E8, 8C, 39, EE, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 8E, CF, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 39, EE, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, BC, FE, 51...
 
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Entropy:
6.9510

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,172,480 bytes)

The file flashcookiecleaner.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Flash Cookie Cleaner  by ConsumerSoft
Publisher's description - “ConsumerSoft is proud to offer Flash Cookie Cleaner, our freeware application that let's you view, manage, and delete your Flash cookies. Flash Cookies are small bits of data saved by websites you visit.”
www.flashcookiecleaner.com
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The file flashcookiecleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.softpedia.com/dl/1f7b910ab4bca0b6a15a83c19468a4e4/54881942/100142247/software/.../FlashCookieCleaner.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to waws-prod-blu-013.cloudapp.net  (191.238.8.26:80)

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