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DownloadGuide

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application free-pdf-perfect_1.0_en-us.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadguidefactory.blob.core.windows.net.
Publisher:
Covus Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
DownloadGuide

Version:
2.5.0.107

MD5:
5be39434be1bb64212bc79ab478c4fa2

SHA-1:
c1aab4bdf81ad9b83e6783ea7c37362abf831979

SHA-256:
e1f3ff4fd682d300616ee8bc154f6315f5d1c51b59e887df10d55fd8daf514b5

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:22:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.11.28

avast!
Win32:DownloadGuide-H [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Covusfreemium
2015.0.3277

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DownloadGuide.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/Buzzrin
11.2014-28-11_6

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.CovusFreemiumGmbH.Z
14.11.28.1

File size:
654.9 KB (670,616 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-pdf-perfect_1.0_en-us.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/28/2013 3:21:57 AM

Valid to:
1/29/2015 3:21:57 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 10:28:34 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:YVUQAcwY3cpGrCb7Xc9vXBXEgKTOvZXWNuFX1YH:Y2bpGrCbzc9fC+k8FFYH

Entry address:
0x8B1DE

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, 48, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 49, 39, 40, 08, 74, 0C, 48, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 48, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 10, 81, 78, 04, 7D, 1D, EA, 0C, 74, 07, B8, B6, B1, 4A, 06, EB, 05, B8, B6, 92, 40, 0C, 5D, FF, E0, 7B, 05, 4A, 0C, F4, 9C, DD, 9A, 79, DD, B7, 29, 79, 41, 09, 2B, 43, 51, 17, 2B, 4A, 3F, 40, 17...
 
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Entropy:
6.7083

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

Code size:
548.5 KB (561,664 bytes)

The file free-pdf-perfect_1.0_en-us.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://downloadguidefactory.blob.core.windows.net/downloadguides/.../free-pdf-perfect_1.0_en-US.exe

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