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DownloadGuide

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application free-gaming-booster_1.0_en-us.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from freemium.com.
Publisher:
Covus Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
DownloadGuide

Version:
2.5.0.107

MD5:
60718955f5191c2c99351f85a6fd4b35

SHA-1:
074105a37fa571eb3653805cb54c5f166d928c5f

SHA-256:
bee1a43b10b19477115c52ea6fc73a1f0f46501ed6af9bf07c59c7a4c2cb5be6

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the installer/download manager that include adware components such as Best-markit, and Search Protect (ClientConnect).

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:
4/20/2024 2:24:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of ysd.exe (PUP)
2014.5.10.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Bundler
15.6.15.10

File size:
650.9 KB (666,528 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.107

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
DownloadGuide.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\free-gaming-booster_1.0_en-us.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/28/2013 1:21:57 AM

Valid to:
1/29/2015 1:21:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Covus Freemium GmbH, O=Covus Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211DBCB8A07ED407612FC406EFD259BE29

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2013 8:28:28 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ozE3Y3SrCba1p6ZXWeTRA66isIu9LuFX1Ya:fBrCb0pXPJI2yFFYa

Entry address:
0x8A02E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7119

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
544.5 KB (557,568 bytes)

The file free-gaming-booster_1.0_en-us.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://freemium.com/free-gaming-booster/.../

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